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. 1993 Apr;35(4):366–372. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1993.tb04152.x

Partial mediation by nitric oxide of the relaxation of human isolated detrusor strips in response to electrical field stimulation.

M J James 1, A T Birmingham 1, S J Hill 1
PMCID: PMC1381546  PMID: 8485016

Abstract

1. A method for reproducing relaxation of human isolated detrusor smooth muscle in vitro in response to electrical field stimulation is described. 2. The parameters of stimulation associated with relaxation were those which would be expected to give a largely nerve-mediated response: the relaxations were not reduced by tetrodotoxin (3 x 10(-7) M) and were therefore not dependent on voltage sensitive sodium channels. 3. The relaxations were decreased (mean 74.1%) by nitro L-arginine (NOARG, 10(-5) M). 4. Methylene blue (10(-5) M), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, abolished the relaxations. 5. These results indicate that there may be a relaxation mechanism in the human bladder which is at least partly mediated via the production of nitric oxide.

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