Comparative physiology and biochemistry of rat and rabbit urinary bladder

BJU International

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 519-525

  Damaser, M S ^e   Whitbeck, C ^a   Barreto, M ^b   Horan, P ^c   Benno, H ^d   O'Connor, L J ^a   Levin, Robert M ^a,c,d  

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

^b Department of Special Education and Literacy   (United States)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Albany College of Pharmacy ^*

Author keywords

ATP; Bladder; Carbachol; Contraction; Field stimulation; KCl; Rabbit; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLADDER; BLADDER PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034051795     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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