Control of rat bladder neck relaxation with NORD-1, a red light-reactive nitric oxide releaser: In vitro study

• Main Authors: Kotomi Maeda (Author), Yuji Hotta (Author), Naoya Ieda (Author), Tomoya Kataoka (Author), Hidehiko Nakagawa (Author), Kazunori Kimura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We aimed to control the relaxation of rat bladder neck specimens by using NORD-1, a red light-reactive nitric oxide (NO) releaser. Female and male 10-11-week-old Wistar/ST rats were divided into three groups: NORD-1, vehicle, and NORD-1+[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ; a soluble guanyl...