Effect of botulinum-A toxin to cremaster muscle: An experimental study

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 352-354

  Çakmak, Murat ^a,b   Çaǧlayan, Fatma ^a   Erdemoǧlu, Ali Kemal ^a   Ulusoy, Sevgi ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mustafa Kemal Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; EMG; Experimental study; Muscle action potential; Retractile testis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 19244367446     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0357-7     Document Type: Article

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