Morphological study of the spinal motoneurons controlling the urethral sphincter of female rats: Role of androgens in a menopausal model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1022-1026

  Cayzergues, Laure ^a   Yaici, El Djouher ^a   Tabard, Sylvie Brailly ^a   Jestin, André ^b   Blanchard, Philippe ^b   Giuliano, François ^a   Bensadoun, Henri ^a   Jardin, Alain ^a   Benoit, Gérard ^a   Droupy, Stéphane ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Menopause; Motor neurons; Receptors, androgen; Urethra; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENOPAUSE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 13744249567     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000146269.43658.d3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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