Estrogen induced functional hypertrophy and increased force generation of the female rabbit bladder

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-479

  Lin, Alpha Dian Yu ^a,b,d   Levin, Robert ^a,b,c   Kogan, Barry ^b   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a,c   Chichester, Paul ^a,c   Sokol, Rebekah ^a   Mannikarottu, Anita ^a,b,c  

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

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Taichung Poh Ai Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ovariectomy; Smooth muscle; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RABBIT; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OVARIECTOMY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33747375632     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20258     Document Type: Article

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