Temporal Coordination of Pelvic and Perineal Striated Muscle Activity During Micturition in Female Rabbits

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1452-1458

  Corona Quintanilla, Dora Luz ^a   Castelán, Francisco ^b   Fajardo, Victor ^c   Manzo, Jorge ^d   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

female; muscles; pelvic floor; perineum; striated; urination

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER FUNCTION; CHINCHILLA; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MICTURITION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUSCLE, STRIATED; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; URINATION;

EID: 59349120017     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.103     Document Type: Article

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