Role of pudendal afferents in voiding efficiency in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Peng, Chih Wei ^a,b   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^b   Cheng, Chen Li ^c   Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bladder; External urethral sphincter; Sensory feedback; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACETIC ACID; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IRRITANTS; LIDOCAINE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PANCURONIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETHANE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 38949183309     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00270.2007     Document Type: Article

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