Contractile properties of urethral smooth muscles of young and aged female dogs: Morphological and pharmacological aspects

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 298-306

  Ahmed, Helen ^a   Moriyama, Nobuo ^a   Fukasawa, Ritsu ^a   Nishimatsu, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Yoshinori ^a   Kitamura, Tadaichi ^a   Tatemichi, Satoshi ^b   Akiyama, Katsuyoshi ^b   Suzuki, Yasunori ^c   Aisaka, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Contractile; Female dog urethra; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; TAMSULOSIN; TRITIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOGS; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; SULFONAMIDES; URETHRA;

EID: 0033869993     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2000.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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