Intravenous glycine inhibits the micturition reflex in normal and spinal cord injury rats

Biomedical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Miyazato, Minoru ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Nishijima, Saori ^a   Shimabukuro, Shuichi ^a   Ashitomi, Katsuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 10344220975     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.24.285     Document Type: Article

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