External urethral sphincter activity in a rat model of pudendal nerve injury

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-396

  Peng, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^a   Chang, Hui Yi ^a,b   De Groat, William C ^b   Cheng, Chen Li ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cystometrographic; Electromyogram; Leak point pressure; Stress urinary incontinence; Voiding

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BLADDER WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746725915     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20229     Document Type: Article

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