A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the effect of sacral neuromodulation on brain responses in women with Fowler's syndrome

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-372

  Kavia, Rajesh ^a   DasGupta, Ranan ^a   Critchley, Hugo ^b   Fowler, Clare ^a   Griffiths, Derek ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Fowler's syndrome; Sacral neuromodulation; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOWLER SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL NEUROMODULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSATION; SYNDROME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149165269     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08819.x     Document Type: Article

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