Pelviureteral inhibitory reflex and ureteropelvic excitatory reflex: Role of the two reflexes in regulation of urine flow from the renal pelvis to the ureter

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-325

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Kidney; Reflex; Renal pelvis; Ureter; Ureteropelvic junction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEPHROSTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REFLEX; SPHINCTER; URETER; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; PRESSURE; REFLEX; URETER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030835710     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1997)16:4<315::AID-NAU7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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