Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on changes induced by estradiol in bladders from ovariectomized rabbits

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-138

  Aikawa, Ken ^a,b,c   Chichester, Paul ^a,c   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a,c   Levin, Robert M ^a,c  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; L NAME; Ovariectomized rabbit; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ARACHIS OIL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MICROSPHERE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PARAFFIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DESCENDING AORTA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THORACIC AORTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 23944478870     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087167     Document Type: Article

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