Motor evoked potentials from the striated urethral sphincter and puborectal muscle: Normative values

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 306-313

  Brostrom, Soren ^a,b   Jennum, Poul ^a   Lose, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Motor; Pelvic floor; Urethra; Urethral diseases; Urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 0038269227     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10077     Document Type: Article

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