Suppression of detrusor-sphincter dysynergia by GABA-receptor activation in the lumbosacral spinal cord in spinal cord-injured rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Miyazato, Minoru ^a,b   Sasatomi, Kurumi ^a   Hiragata, Shiro ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^b   Chancellor, Michael B ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Bladder; Detrusor sphincter dyssynergia; Spinal cord; Urethra

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; SACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; ANIMAL; BACK; BLADDER; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MUSCIMOL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 50649107770     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90315.2008     Document Type: Article

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