Urethral relaxation after electrostimulation in the guinea pig is independent of nitric oxide

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1509-1513

  Von Heyden, Burkhard ^a,b   Jordan, Ursula ^b   Schmitz, Wilhelm ^b   Hertle, Lothar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

guinea pig; nitric oxide; relaxation; urethra; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETHRA FUNCTION;

EID: 0030937748     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65033-X     Document Type: Article

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