Effect of a 5-HT1A receptor agonist (8-OH-DPAT) on external urethral sphincter activity in a rat model of pudendal nerve injury

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Shih Ching ^a,b   Cheng, Chen Li ^c   Fan, Wen Jia ^d   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^e   Lai, Chien Hung ^a,b   Peng, Chih Wei ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

8 hydroxy 2 (di n propylamino)tetralin; Burst period; Electromyography; Intravesical pressure; Leak point pressure; Urethral perfusion pressure

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; PUDENDAL NERVE TRAUMA; RAT; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOLUMETRY; ANIMAL; BLADDER; INJURY; INNERVATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN 5-HT1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 79959958106     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00260.2010     Document Type: Article

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