Development of an experimental system for the study of urethral biomechanical function

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 2 55-2, 2004, Pages

  Jankowski, Ron J ^a,b,c   Prantil, Rachelle L ^a,c   Fraser, Matthew O ^a   Chancellor, Michael B ^a,c   De Groat, William C ^a   Huard, Johnny ^a,c   Vorp, David A ^a,c  

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

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Muscle; Smooth; Striated; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; LASER FLARE CELL METER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION;

EID: 0942301308     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00126.2003     Document Type: Article

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