Suppression of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia by immunoneutralization of nerve growth factor in lumbosacral spinal cord in spinal cord injured rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 478-482

  Seki, Satoshi ^a,b   Sasaki, Katsumi ^a   Igawa, Yasuhiko ^b   Nishizawa, Osamu ^b   Chancellor, Michael B ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Nerve growth factor; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Spinal cord injuries; Urethra

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA PRESSURE;

EID: 0347479268     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000088340.26588.74     Document Type: Article

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