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Changes in smooth muscle cell phenotype and contractile function following ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat urinary bladder.
Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica - 1 Mar 2008
Matsumoto Seiji, Hanai Tadashi, Shimizu Nobutaka, Uemura Hirotsugu
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-eight adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: Group 1 received 1 hour (h) of bilateral ischemia alone. Groups 2 and 3 received 1 h ischemia followed by 1 and 4 h of reperfusion (I-R), respectively. Group 4 consisted of age-matched control rats. Bladder strips were studied using electrical field stimulation (EFS) and KCl stimulation. Maximal contractile responses were recorded and...
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