Nitrergic relaxations and phenylephrine contractions are not compromised in isolated urethra in a rat model of diabetes

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 183, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-65

  Al Noah, Z ^a   McKenna, D ^a   Langdale, C ^a   Thor, K B ^a   Marson, L ^a   Burgard, E ^a   Kullmann, F Aura ^a  

^a Urogenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

NO; NOS; SNP; Streptozotocin; Urethral strips

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUCROSE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT MODEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; URETHRA; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; URETHRA;

EID: 84902372060     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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