Clinical studies of cerebral and urinary tract function in elderly people with urinary incontinence

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-155

  Griffiths, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate gyrus; Cognitive impairment; Frontal lobes; Geriatrics; Regional cerebral underperfusion; Uninhibited overactive bladder; Urge incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME PERCEPTION; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032080259     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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