Intrathecal or dietary glycine inhibits bladder and urethral activity in rats with spinal cord injury

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2397-2400

  Miyazato, Minoru ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Nishijima, Saori ^a   Kadekawa, Katsumi ^a   Ashimine, Satoshi ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Glycine; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Spinal cord injuries; Urethra

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DETRUSOR HYPERREFLEXIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESIDUAL URINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE;

EID: 27744478545     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000180415.69705.7a     Document Type: Article

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