Partial outlet obstruction enhances modular autonomous activity in the isolated rat bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 276-279

  Drake, Marcus J ^a,c   Hedlund, Petter ^b   Harvey, Ian J ^a   Pandita, Raj Kumar ^b   Andersson, Karl Erik ^b   Gillespie, James I ^a  

^a Urophysiology Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neck obstruction; Muscle, smooth; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STANDARDIZATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0038679276     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000069722.35137.e0     Document Type: Article

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