Contractile properties of the developing fetal sheep bladder

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-281

  Nyirády, Peter ^a,b,c,e   Thiruchelvam, Nikesh ^b   Godley, Margaret L ^b   David, Anna ^d   Cuckow, Peter M ^b,c   Fry, Christopher H ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Detrusor muscle; Development; Muscarinic receptors; Nerves

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBACHOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 18144409810     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20124     Document Type: Article

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