Changes in detrusor smooth muscle myosin heavy chain mRNA expression following spinal cord injury in the mouse

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Wilson, Tracey S ^a   Aziz, Khaled Abdel ^a   Vazques, Dolores ^a   Wuermser, Lisa Ann ^a   Lin, Victor K ^a   Lemack, Gary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrusor; Smooth muscle; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; CYTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICTURITION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMERISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 11144240559     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20077     Document Type: Article

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