Effect of diltiazem and pinacidil on the response of the rabbit urinary bladder to repetitive stimulation and in vitro ischemia

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Levin, Robert M ^a,b,c   Leggett, Robert E ^a   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a   Horan, Patrick ^c  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Calcium; Free radicals; Hyperreflexia; Hypoxia; Ischemia; Lipid peroxidation; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; DILTIAZEM; PINACIDIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER MUSCLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0032972839     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1999)18:2<129::AID-NAU8>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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