Multiple pudendal sensory pathways reflexly modulate bladder and urethral activity in patients with spinal cord injury

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Yoo, Paul B ^a   Horvath, Eric E ^a   Amundsen, Cindy L ^b   Webster, George D ^b   Grill, Warren M ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

reflex; spinal cord injuries; urethra; urinary bladder; urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA FUNCTION; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REFLEX; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 78651287948     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.079     Document Type: Article

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