Effect of rectal distension on vesical motor activity in humans: The identification of the recto-vesicourethral reflex

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-39

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anorectal lesions; Constipation; Defecation; Rectal physiology; Rectum; Reflex; Urethral sphincter; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM; URETHRA;

EID: 34047139387     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753912     Document Type: Article

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