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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Contractile responses induced by carbachol on the detrusor muscle and by noradrenaline on the isolated urethra were compared between ovariectomized rats pretreated with estradiol (50 microg/animal s.c. twice daily for five days), untreated ovariectomized rats and intact animals. In the detrusor muscle, contractions induced by 30 microM carbachol, when normalized with respect to KCl 100 mM-induced contraction, were similar for the three groups. Furthermore, contractions induced by 100 microM noradrenaline in the isolated urethra were not significatively different between groups. However, the pD2 value for noradrenaline was greater in urethral tissue from ovariectomized rats compared with ovariectomized -estrogen treated and control rats. A similar result was found for pD2 values for carbachol-induced contractions on the detrusor muscle. These results suggest that ovariectomy increases the sensitivity of the urinary bladder and urethra to the contractile effects of carbachol and noradrenaline, respectively and that this effect is reversed by in vivo estrogen pretreatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
PL21-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of ovariectomy on the contractile response of the rat isolated detrusor muscle and urethra.
pubmed:affiliation
Synthélabo Recherche, Department of Internal Medicine, Rueil-Malmaison, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article