Long term partial bladder outlet obstruction induced contractile dysfunction in male rabbits: A role for Rho-kinase

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1043-1049

  Guven, Ahmet ^a   Onal, Bulent ^a   Kalorin, Carmin ^a   Whitbeck, Catherine ^b,c   Chichester, Paul ^b,c   Kogan, Barry ^a   Levin, Robert ^a,b,c   Mannikarottu, Anita ^a,b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Contractility; Obstruction; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 36049049044     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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