Endocrine status affects bladder size and postvoid residual urinary volume in mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-18

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Bondì, Michela ^a   Caretta, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder; Castration; Mice; Pheromones; Territory marking; Testosterone; Urination

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER MUSCLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MICTURITION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SOCIAL STATUS; TISSUE SECTION; URINARY TRACT; URINE RETENTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PHEROMONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 3042646944     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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