Continuous uroflow cystometry in the urethane-anesthetized mouse

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1344-1349

  Smith, Phillip P ^a   Kuchel, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Models; Urination; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; URETHANE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956841245     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20850     Document Type: Article

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