Doxazosin modifies serotonin-mediated rabbit urinary bladder contraction: Potential clinical relevance

Urological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-121

  Khan, Masood A ^a   Thompson, Cecil S ^a   Dashwood, Mick R ^a   Mumtaz, Faiz H ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a   Morgan, Robert J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doxazosin; Rabbit; Serotonin; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

DOXAZOSIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN CREATININE SULFATE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RABBIT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOXAZOSIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; SEROTONIN; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TRITIUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034044698     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050148     Document Type: Article

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