Transmitters contributing to the voiding contraction in female rats

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 910-914

  Streng, Tomi ^a   Talo, Antti ^b   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

, methylene ATP; Atropine; Bladder pressure; Flow rate; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PURINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 8344276852     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05058.x     Document Type: Article

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