A noninvasive ultrasonographic method to evaluate bladder function recovery in spinal cord injured rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-127

  Keirstead, Hans S ^a   Fedulov, Vadim ^a   Cloutier, Frank ^a   Steward, Oswald ^a   Duel, Barry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual crede; Neurogenic bladder; Residual volume; Severe lower urinary tract dysfunction; Spinal cord injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE RETENTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 19344362168     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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