Detection of the bladder volume from the neural afferent activities in dogs: Experimental results

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Saleh, Abbas ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^a   Elzayat, Ehab A ^b   Corcos, Jacques ^b   Elhilali, Mostafa M ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder volume; Electroneurograms; Low noise amplifier; Real time measurement; Recording afferent neural signal; Tripolar cuff electrodes

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; SACRAL PLEXUS; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 44449168580     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164108X268250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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