Continence and some properties of the urethral striated muscle of male greyhounds

BJU International

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-349

  Van Der Werf, B A ^a   Hidaka, T ^a   Creed, K E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continence; Contraction; Greyhound; Histochemistry; Membranous urethra; Striated muscle

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; THICKNESS; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; URETHRA; URINATION;

EID: 0033953286     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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