Current opinion on the working mechanisms of neuromodulation in the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Van Der Pal, Floor ^a   Heesakkers, John P F A ^a   Bemelmans, Bart L H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract dysfunction; Mechanism of action; Neuromodulation; Review

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYNAPSE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; SYNDROME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33745218055     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mou.0000232047.87803.1e     Document Type: Review

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