Investigation of anal motor characteristics of the sensorimotor response (SMR) using 3-D anorectal pressure topography

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Cheeney, Gregory ^a   Remes Troche, Jose M ^a   Attaluri, Ashok ^a   Rao, Satish S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal manometry; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANAL CONTRACTILE RESPONSE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE TOPOGRAPHY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; SENSOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COMPLIANCE; DEFECATION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PRESSURE; RECTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251575287     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00348.2010     Document Type: Article

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