Bursting stimulation of proximal urethral afferents improves bladder pressures and voiding

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

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

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

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

^c Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIRECT ACTIVATION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NEUROPROSTHESES; PUDENDAL NERVES; STIMULUS PATTERN; WIRE ELECTRODE;

WIRE;

ELECTRODES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ANIMAL; BLADDER; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 72849107482     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/6/066006     Document Type: Article

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