A spinal cord injured animal model of lower urinary tract function: Observations using direct bladder and pelvic plexus stimulation with model microstimulators

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-254

  Walter, James S ^a,b,c   Wheeler, John S ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Mary Pat ^b   McDonnell, Allison ^a   Wurster, Robert D ^a,b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Edward E Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder contraction; Cat; Electrical stimulation; Microstimulators; Spinal cord injuries; Urinary retention; Urinary tract physiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE RETENTION; ANIMAL; BLADDER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URINARY TRACT; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 23844445224     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753819     Document Type: Article

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