Serotonergic drugs and spinal cord transections indicate that different spinal circuits are involved in external urethral sphincter activity in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Chang, Hui Yi ^a,b   Cheng, Chen Li ^c   Chen, Jia Jin J ^a   De Groat, William C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bursting; Electromyography; Pelvic nerve

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; KIDNEY NERVE; MICTURITION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 33847786126     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00175.2006     Document Type: Article

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