A urethral afferent mediated excitatory bladder reflex exists in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 9-12

  Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a,b,c,e   Creasey, Graham H ^b,c,d,e   Grill, Warren M ^a,c,e  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent nerve; Electrical stimulation; Human subject; Pudendal reflex; Sacral reflex; Spinal cord injury; Urinary catheterization; Urinary tract physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; URETHRA;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REFLEX; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 1842763853     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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