Functional, biochemical and anatomical changes in the rat urinary bladder induced by perigangliar injection of colchicine

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 285-296

  Lecci, A ^a   Patacchini, R ^a   De Giorgio, R ^b   Corinaldesi, R ^b   Theodorsson, E ^c   Giuliani, S ^a   Santicioli, P ^a   Maggi, C A ^a  

^a Menarini Ricerche SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Micturition; Neuropeptides; Pelvic ganglia; Reflex; Tachykinin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CAPSAICIN; COLCHICINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030069272     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00422-X     Document Type: Article

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