Investigating afferent nerve activity from the lower urinary tract: Highlighting some basic research techniques and clinical evaluation methods

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Wyndaele, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afferent; Bladder; Lower urinary tract; Nerve; Sensation

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER FILLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICTURITION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETHRA; URINARY URGENCY; VISCERAL PAIN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; URINARY TRACT; URINATION;

EID: 76049107849     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20776     Document Type: Review

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