The effect of maturation and age on oestrogen-induced functional hypertrophy of the female rabbit bladder

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 674-679

  Onal, Bulent ^a,b,c,d   Levin, Robert M ^a,b,c   Kogan, Barry A ^b   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a   Chichester, Paul ^a   Walebowa, Oteng ^b   Mannikarottu, Anita S ^a,b  

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

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Bladder; Oestradiol; Ovariectomy; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBACHOL; COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MATURATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVARIECTOMY; RABBITS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33846910503     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06638.x     Document Type: Article

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