Detrusor expulsive strength is preserved, but responsiveness to bladder filling and urinary sensitivity is diminished in the aging mouse

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Phillip P ^a   Deangelis, Anthony ^a   Kuchel, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative aging study; Mouse cystometry; Sensory regulation

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICTURITION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 84863413199     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00508.2011     Document Type: Article

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