Comparison of the contractile properties, oxidative capacities and fibre type profiles of the voluntary sphincters of continence in the rat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Buffini, Maria ^a   O'Halloran, Ken D ^a   O'Herlihy, Colm ^a,b   O'Connell, Ronan ^a,c   Jones, James F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter; External urethral sphincter; Fatigue; Oxidative capacity; Rat

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URETHRA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, STRIATED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETHRA;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955371408     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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