Effect of Estrogen on Urethral Function and Nerve Regeneration Following Pudendal Nerve Crush in the Female Rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1948-1952

  Ahmed, Yasmin ^a   Lin, Dan Li ^a   Ferguson, Corri ^a   Esparza, Nereida ^a   Damaser, Margot S ^a  

^a Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; nerve crush; rats; Sprague Dawley; urethra; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; URETHRA FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETHRA;

EID: 33646481776     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00894-3     Document Type: Article

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