...H.H. Knispel; C. Goessl; R. Beckmann Relaxant effect of prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)) and papaverine (PAP) were measured in strips of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle taken from a healthy control group of men (A; n = 5), from arteriogenically impotent men (B; n = 6)and from additionally diabetic...

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..., whereas agonists have little effect. A significant part of urethral resting tone is thought to be mediated through the smooth muscles. In vitro, longitudinal and circular smooth muscle components possess spontaneous tone and are innervated by excitatory and inhibitory nerves. Both types possess α 1...

... monoxide (CO) has been suggested to be involved in neurotransmission [ 11 ], and to contribute to the regulation of the motility of vascular, gastrointestinal and urethral smooth muscle [ 12, 13, 14, 15 ]. In mammals, CO is mainly produced through the degradation of heme to billiverdin by heme oxygenase...

... and the further smooth muscle development occurs in a cranio-caudal direction. The muscular tissue in the intravesical portion of the ureter is present only in fetuses between 22 and 24 weeks. The development of the muscular tissue of the trigone is dependent upon the development of smooth muscle of this tract...