The immediate effect of nitric oxide on the rabbit bladder after ovariectomy

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Juan, Yung Shun ^a,b   Mannikarottu, Anita ^c,d   Schuler, Catherine ^d,e   Lin, Wei Yu ^c,d   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^b   Levin, Robert M ^c,d,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^e STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; l NAME; Nitric oxide; Ovariectomy; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RABBIT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBACHOL; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; TYROSINE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 52349100886     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2008.06.221     Document Type: Article

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