Role of calcium and calcium modulation in the control of urethral tone

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, Supplement

Volumn 35, Issue 207, 2001, Pages 19-25

  Schröeder, Annette ^d   Lieb, Jeremy ^c   O'Connor, Laura ^a   Horan, Pat ^b   Leggett, Robert ^a   Levin, Robert M ^a,c  

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

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Incontinence; Ischemia; Mitochondria; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

BLOOD FLOW; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION;

EID: 0035019138     PISSN: 03008886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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