Comparative Studies on the Ontogeny and Autonomic Responses of the Fetal Calf Bladder at Different Stages of Development: Involvement of Nitric Oxide on Field Stimulated Relaxation

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Abstract
This initial study correlates the passive length-tension relationship, contractile and relaxant responses to field stimulation and contractile responses to specific autonomic agonists and antagonists with gestational age. Fetal bovine bladders were separated into three groups based on the head-rump length (FL): 30 to 45 cm. (early gestation), 50 to 65 cm. (middle gestation) and 70 to 85 cm. (late gestation). Each bladder was separated into upper and lower bladder segments; longitudinal strips of smooth muscle were isolated and placed in individual muscle baths.