The sensory bladder (1): An update on the different sensations described in the lower urinary tract and the physiological mechanisms behind them

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 274-278

  Wyndaele, Jean Jacques ^a   De Wachter, Stefan ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afferent; Innervation; Lower urinary tract; Pain; Sensation; Urgency

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BLADDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MICTURITION; NERVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS; URETHRA; URINARY URGENCY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; DYSURIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSATION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINATION;

EID: 43249095652     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20510     Document Type: Review

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