Nitric oxide in the urinary bladder: Involvement of auto-relaxation

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-52

  Poladia, Deepali Pitre ^a,c   Bauer, John Anthony ^a,b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLADDER; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK; BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LETTER; MAMMAL; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; URINARY BLADDER;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 1642619130     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2004.01.002     Document Type: Letter

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