Increased connexin43-mediated intercellular communication in a rat model of bladder overactivity in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 5 53-5, 2003, Pages

  Christ, George J ^a   Day, Nancy S ^a   Day, Michele ^a   Zhao, Weixin ^a   Persson, Katarina ^b   Pandita, Raj K ^b   Andersson, Karl Erik ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Electrical field stimulation; Gap junction; Smooth muscle; Tissue and cellular physiology

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CONNEXIN 43; HEPTANOL; MESSENGER RNA; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037405810     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00030.2002     Document Type: Article

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