Changes to the contractile function of ureter smooth muscle after partial infravesical obstruction in fetal sheep

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-494

  Nyirády, Peter ^a,b,c   Cuckow, Peter M ^b,c   Fry, Christopher H ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractility; Obstruction; Smooth muscle; Spontaneous activity; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; URETER;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; FETUS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM; SHEEP; URETER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 47749101803     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07630.x     Document Type: Article

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