The Effects of Sacral Acupuncture on Acetic Acid-induced Bladder Irritation in Conscious Rats

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 730-734

  Hino, Kokoro ^a   Honjo, Hisashi ^a   Nakao, Masahiro ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER IRRITATION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRUM; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION;

ACETIC ACID; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77649190939     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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