Pudendal nerve stimulation induces urethral contraction and relaxation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 46-5, 1999, Pages

  Le Feber, Joost ^a   Van Asselt, Els ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Nitric oxide; Rat; Urethral oscillations

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FAST MUSCLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE;

EID: 0345669110     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.5.r1368     Document Type: Article

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