Comparison of the effects of complete and incomplete spinal cord injury on lower urinary tract function as evaluated in unanesthetized rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-91

  Leung, Philberta Y ^a   Johnson, Christopher S ^a   Wrathall, Jean R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; External urethral sphincter; Micturition

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URODYNAMICS; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; CHLORAL HYDRATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 35348974063     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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