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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
In unanesthetized, normal rats, and rats with bladder hypertrophy following infravesical outflow obstruction, cystometry was performed to investigate the effects of spinal and peripheral administration of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) on micturition. In addition, the direct effects of the peptide on isolated smooth muscle preparations of detrusor and urethra were studied. In normal animals, 10 micrograms. of VIP administered intrathecally as well as intra-arterially close to the bladder, but not intravenously, decreased micturition volume and bladder capacity, and facilitated spontaneous bladder contractions. In animals with bladder hypertrophy, the same dose of VIP intrathecally had similar effects on these three parameters, but the effects of VIP given intra-arterially were less pronounced. VIP given intravenously was ineffective. Hexamethonium 5 mg. x kg.-1 given intraarterially did not block the stimulatory effect of VIP 10 micrograms. given intra-arterially to normal animals. VIP had negligible effects on isolated detrusor muscle contracted by carbachol or electrical stimulation, or on urethral preparations contracted by noradrenaline. These results suggest that VIP has a facilitatory action on the micturition reflex at the spinal cord and ganglionic levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
884-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Facilitatory effect of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide on spinal and peripheral micturition reflex pathways in conscious rats with and without detrusor instability.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't