Urethral closure mechanisms under sneeze-induced stress condition in rats: A new animal model for evaluation of stress urinary incontinence

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 2 54-2, 2003, Pages

  Kamo, Izumi ^a,b   Torimoto, Kazumasa ^a   Chancellor, Michael B ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active urethral closure; Sneeze leak point pressure; Urethral resistance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; ILIOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOCOCCYGEAL MUSCLE; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SNEEZING; STRESS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0042809980     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00010.2003     Document Type: Article

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