How does neuromodulation work

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 762-765

  Amend, Bastian ^a   Matzel, Klaus E ^b   Abrams, Paul ^c   De Groat, William C ^d   Sievert, Karl Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Central nervous system plasticity; Functional imaging; Idiopathic overactive bladder syndrome; Lower urinary tract; Pontine micturition center; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONSTIPATION; ENTEROPATHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; URINE RETENTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 79959838582     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21096     Document Type: Review

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