A novel videomicroscopic technique for studying rat ureteral peristalsis in vivo

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-270

  Osman, Fares ^a   Nádasy, George L ^a   Monos, Emil ^a   Nyirády, Peter ^a   Romics, Imre ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Contraction; Longitudinal muscle; Peristalsis; Smooth muscle; Ureter; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; URETER;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETER;

EID: 63649094156     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0340-6     Document Type: Article

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