A gap junction blocker inhibits isolated whole bladder activity in normal rats and rats with partial bladder outlet obstruction

Biomedical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Miyazato, Minoru ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Nishijima, Saori ^a   Oda, Masami ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; PROPIVERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATED ORGAN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PERFUSION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; RAT; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; BENZILATES; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33751075719     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.27.203     Document Type: Article

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