Adrenergic- and capsaicin-evoked nitric oxide release from urothelium and afferent nerves in urinary bladder

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Birder, Lori A ^a   Apodaca, Gerard ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Kanai, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin sensitive bladder afferents; Constitutive nitric oxide synthase; Epithelium; Lower urinary tract

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NEUROTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSORY NERVE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0031846997     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.275.2.f226     Document Type: Article

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