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Effect of periurethral denervation on function of the female urethra. 2003

C Y Wai, and P Liehr, and H F Tibbals, and M Sager, and J I Schaffer, and R A Word
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, G6.220, Dallas, TX 75390-9032, USA. clifford.wai@utsouthwestern.edu

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of periurethral denervation on contractile function of the female rat urethra. METHODS Periurethral nerve transection or sham operation was performed in 16 young female rats. After 2 weeks, contractile function of the external urethra sphincter (EUS) and longitudinal smooth muscle was determined. Inhibitors of nitric oxide (NO) signaling were used to evaluate the role of nitric oxide in nerve-mediated relaxation. Statistical comparisons were conducted by Student t test. RESULTS Periurethral nerve transection resulted in gross evidence of urinary retention and bladder distention. In normal and sham-operated rats, nerve-mediated relaxation of urethral smooth muscle was inhibited by L-nitroarginine and oxadiazolo quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), and this relaxation response was impaired significantly after periurethral nerve injury. Relaxation responses to the NO donor sodium nitroprusside remained intact. Contractile function of the EUS was not altered by periurethral nerve injury. CONCLUSIONS Neurons surrounding the urethra contain NO and innervate smooth muscle of the inner urethra. Periurethral denervation results in impaired urethral smooth muscle relaxation with no appreciable effect on contractility of the external striated sphincter.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009119 Muscle Contraction A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D009121 Muscle Denervation The resection or removal of the innervation of a muscle or muscle tissue. Denervation, Muscle,Denervations, Muscle,Muscle Denervations
D009126 Muscle Relaxation That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position. Muscle Relaxations,Relaxation, Muscle,Relaxations, Muscle
D009130 Muscle, Smooth Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Muscle, Involuntary,Smooth Muscle,Involuntary Muscle,Involuntary Muscles,Muscles, Involuntary,Muscles, Smooth,Smooth Muscles
D009482 Neurophysiology The scientific discipline concerned with the physiology of the nervous system.
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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