Comparison of the urethral properties of the female guinea pig and rat

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-69

  Walters, Richard David ^a   McMurray, Gordon ^b   Brading, Alison Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbachol EMG; Female; Guinea pig; Micturition cycle; Phenylephrine; Proximal; Rat; Smooth muscle; Urethra; Urethral pressure; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; MICTURITION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 30044447344     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20194     Document Type: Article

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