Combined Use of Melatonin and Terazosin Restores Bladder Contractility in Rabbits With Partial Outlet Obstruction

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-443

  Onur, Rahmi ^a   Tasdemir, Cemal ^a   Seckin, Dilara ^a   Ilhan, Necip ^a   Kutlu, Selim ^a   Akpolat, Nusret ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TERAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRAZOSIN; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 48349106145     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.053     Document Type: Article

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