...Ricarda M. Bauer; Frank Strittmatter; Christian Gratzke; Johanna Göttinger; Boris Schlenker; Oliver Reich; Christian G. Stief; Petter Hedlund; Karl-Erik Andersson; Martin Hennenberg Introduction: α 1 -Adrenoceptors are considered critical for the regulation of prostatic smooth muscle tone. However...

... dysfunction (n = 5), severe arterial dysfunction (n = 9) and purely cavernous erectile dysfunction (n = 9). No significant ultrastructural alteration was noticed in the group with moderate arterial dysfunction; decrease and deterioration of smooth muscle cells was the prominent finding in the severe arterial...

...Masahiko Saito; Soichiro Hasegawa; Kumiko Kato; Atsuo Kondo Smooth muscle function, including that of the bladder, is mediated by changes in the intracellular concentration of calcium. Magnesium modulates the transport of calcium and may modify bladder function. This study was designed...

... in elderly men. The behaviour of detrusor smooth muscle secondary to the obstruction is often changed in a typical manner with the development of detrusor instability [1]. Structural adaptations might vary; in one study [2], the cross-sectional area of detrusor smooth muscle cells had increased suggesting...

...Sedef Gidener; Ziya Kirkali; Hülya Güven The influence of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) on human ureteral smooth muscle was explored in a series of in vitro experiments. 5-HT evoked a dose-dependent contraction of the ureter. The effect of 5-HT was unaltered by blockade of 5HT 3 and 5HT 4...

...R.E. Eckert; U. Schreier; P. Drescher; P.O. Madsen; H. Derouet; E. Becht; J. Steffens; M. Ziegler The increased sympathetic neurotransmission in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) results in a α 1C -adrenoceptor-mediated increase in prostatic smooth muscle tone which seems to be responsible...

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.../medium ratio of about 3 was found at an exposure time of 60 min. The accumulation of the drug was reversible after washing in drug-free solution, indicated by the loss of radioactivity increasing with longer washing times. The results show that pitofenone has a direct relaxant effect on smooth muscle...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Kidney Smooth muscle Ionic gradient Pacemaker Urol. int. 36: 256-264 (1981) Gradient of Total ICa^l in the Renal...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Adrenaline Membrane potential oscillations Multicalyceal kidney Smooth muscle Sucrose gap technique Tetraethylammonium...

... specifically to evaluate the contribution of the oscillatory components of tension associated with smooth muscle tissues. For the renal pelvis the results show 6 × 10 ––5 M thiphenamil, 10 ––3 M oxybutynin, and 5 × 10 ––6 M verapamil resulted in a 50% inhibition of the phasic contractions. Thiphenamil...

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.... Pacemaker Smooth muscle Ureter Pelvis Kidney Electromyography ...

... artery and in segments. The results show that all segments of renal pelvic smooth muscle are capable of spontaneous contractions, the fornix having the highest frequency with respect to the pelvis. It is also demonstrated that the pelvic contractile wave concentrically accelerates along the renal pelvic...

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... determined the distribution and density of the expression of PTHrP in the rabbit bladder during growth in response to partial outlet obstruction and its relation with the smooth muscle/collagen ratio. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 male New Zealand White rabbits were studied. After 7, 14, 28 or 56 days...

... age was 25.1 years. Diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid scans were used to determine the degree of renal obstruction and postoperative healing. Improvement in diuretic renography was defined as a greater than 20% decrease in the half-time of the preoperative value. To examine smooth muscle...

...F. Cahit Tanyel; Sevim Erdem; Nebil Büyükpamukçu; Ersin Tan Introduction: Incomplete obliteration of processus vaginalis (PV) has been suggested to result from the persistence of smooth muscle, which should normally disappear after taking part in the descent of testis. Since apoptosis...

...Joanne Minekus; Anna J. Visser; Ron van Mastrigt Background: Smooth muscle fibers can be stimulated with an electrical field, high potassium or carbachol. We studied the effect of combined, supramaximal stimulation on the isometric force and the maximum shortening velocity of the pig urinary...