Role of a central muscarinic cholinergic pathway for relaxation of the proximal urethra during the voiding phase in rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 999-1003

  Masuda, Hitoshi ^a   Tsujii, Toshihiko ^a   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a   Oshima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atropine; Efferent pathways; Rats; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ATROPINE METHYL NITRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; MICTURITION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URETHRA;

EID: 0035131113     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66591-3     Document Type: Article

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