L-carnitine treatment partially restores urinary bladder function of streptozotocin diabetic rats

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-346

  Gur, Serap ^a   Irat, Ali Murat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Diabetic rats; Isoprenaline; L carnitine; Urinary bladder dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBACHOL; CARNITINE; GLUCOSE; ISOPRENALINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBACHOL; CARNITINE; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RATS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 54249095613     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151416     Document Type: Article

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