The physiological function of lower urinary tract smooth muscle

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-13

  Fry, C H ^a   Meng, E ^b   Young, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Bladder; Lower urinary tract; Outflow tract; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; COLLAGEN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; DARIFENACIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; ION CHANNEL; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYBUTYNIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE C; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INTERACTION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCTURIA; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; URETHRA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 77949490835     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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