On the nature of bladder sensation: The concept of sensory modulation

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1220-1226

  De Wachter, S G ^a,b   Heeringa, R ^a,b   Van Koeveringe, G A ^a,b   Gillespie, J I ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bladder sensation; filling diary; sensory modulation; voiding diary

Indexed keywords

BLADDER SENSATION; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MODULATION; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY MODULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 80052051899     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21038     Document Type: Review

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