Neurotransmitters in the human urethral sphincter in the absence of voiding dysfunction

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-310

  Von Heyden, Burkhard ^a   Jordan, Ursula ^a   Hertle, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuropeptides; Sphincter; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCITONIN; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CADAVER; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; FETUS; GALANIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; URETHRA; URINATION; URINATION DISORDERS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031793796     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050061     Document Type: Article

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