Testosterone-induced prostatic growth in the rat causes bladder overactivity unrelated to detrusor hypertrophy

Prostate

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-108

  Pandita, Raj Kumar ^a   Persson, Katarina ^a   Hedlund, Petter ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Electrical field stimulation; Micturition; Outflow obstruction

Indexed keywords

DOXAZOSIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DOXAZOSIN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TESTOSTERONE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0031921527     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980501)35:2<102::AID-PROS3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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