The effect of ovariectomy and estradiol on rabbit bladder smooth muscle contraction and morphology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 634-637

  Aikawa, Ken ^a,b,c   Sugino, Takashi ^c   Matsumoto, Seiji ^b,d   Chichester, Paul ^a   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a   Levin, Robert M ^a,b  

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

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Estradiol; Muscle, smooth; Ovary; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; ESTRADIOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; MICTURITION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0038507153     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000068723.05004.ca     Document Type: Article

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