A computer model for describing the effect of urethral afferents on simulated lower urinary tract function

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-235

  Van Duin, F ^a   Rosier, P F W M ^a   Bemelmans, B L H ^a   Debruyne, F M J ^a   Wijkstra, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder overactivity; Computer model; Computer simulations; Urethral afferents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER SPHINCTER; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

EID: 0033510044     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.107.3.223.4333     Document Type: Article

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