Reflex bladder activation via pudendal nerve and intraurethral stimulation depends on stimulation pattern and location

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2760-2763

  Bruns, Tim M ^a,b   Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a,b   Bhadra, Narendra ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NEURAL PROSTHESES;

CLINICAL FEASIBILITY; CONTINUOUS WAVEFORMS; LOW-FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LOWER URINARY TRACT; NEUROPROSTHESES; OPTIMAL STIMULATION; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; STIMULATION PATTERN;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLADDER; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFLEX; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; PRESSURE; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 61849098922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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