Bladder Function
User preferences for neural prostheses to restore bladder function
... with bladder dysfunction, which has a major negative impact on quality of life (Westgren & Levi 1998, Snoek et ...of bladder function is highly appreciated by persons with spinal cord injury ...
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Targetable purinergic receptors P2Y12 and A2b antagonistically regulate bladder function
... human bladder diseases; elevated ATP release, impaired ATP hydrolysis, and dysregulated P2X expression have all been reported in patients with OAB, interstitial cystitis, and outlet obstruction (16–18, ...human ...
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Original Article Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition restores bladder function by suppressing bladder apoptosis in diabetic rats
... Although diabetic cystopathy is not life threat- ening, its prevalence is higher than that of widely recognized complications such as neu- ropathy and nephropathy, and significantly affects quality of life [4]. Standard ...
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Effect of SQW on the bladder function of mice lacking TRPV1
... of bladder function of overactive bladder ...and bladder function using TRPV1 knockout (KO) ...urinary bladder, as well as in vitro organ bath to study bladder distension ...
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Regulation of urinary bladder function by protein kinase C in physiology and pathophysiology
... on bladder function regulating both contractility and relaxation of the detrusor [3, 7, 8, 20, ...to bladder storage [8], while high levels of PKC activity contributed to an increase and maintenance ...
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The Ameliorating Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Urinary Bladder Function in Hyperosmolar Bladder Overactivity and its Influence on the Autonomic Nervous System Activity
... urinary bladder overactivity (OAB) in ...urinary bladder function (e.g. bladder outlet obstruction, ischeamia/reperfusion and inflammation processes) (5, 10, ...
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Pharmacological investigation of porcine bladder function and sensory activity
... in bladder sensory pathways (Sui et ...amplify bladder sensory responses and mediate signals between the urothelium and the detrusor directly or via afferent nerve fibres (Fry et ...underlying ...
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The Role of the Mucosa in Normal and Abnormal Bladder Function
... wall, strips of mucosa dissected free of detrusor, or isolated urothelial cells evoke release of.. several small molecules including: ATP, acetylcholine ACh, prostaglandins or nitric oxi[r] ...
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Bladder Function After Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele
... the bladder with nonemptying (defined as greater than 2 times the predicted bladder capacity for age or less than 50% bladder volume emptying), or recurrent urinary tract infection (2 or more distinct ...
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Altered detrusor contractility and voiding patterns in mice lacking the mechanosensitive TREK-1 channel
... urinary bladder function (awake cystometry) underwent a sur- vival surgical procedure to insert bladder catheters as previously described ...the bladder was exposed through a lower midline ab- ...
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Age-related changes in afferent pathways and urothelial function in the male mouse bladder
... (Hotta et al. 1995). However, conversely, a more recent study found increased voiding frequency and higher afferent nerve discharge in aged rats than in younger controls (Aizawa et al. 2012). However, both of these ...
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Lack of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channel modulates the development of neurogenic bladder dysfunction induced by cross-sensitization in afferent pathways
... urinary bladder function (awake cystometry) underwent survival surgical procedure for catheter inser- ...the bladder dome and tunneled out the abdomen to the nape of the neck where it was then ...
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Are women adequately informed before gynaecological surgery?
... on bladder function, bowel function, and sexual ...tract function, bowel function, and sexual function either in a positive or a negative ...bowel, bladder, or sexual ...
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Urinary bladder hypertrophy and overactive bladder determine urinary continence after radical prostatectomy
... Scale – Urinary Incontinence (VAS-UI) that we use seems to be very helpful in patients with prostate cancer who qualify for RP. In the case of a patient with coexisting OAB, a heavier course of UI should be expected. The ...
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Can Bladder Irrigation Reduce the Morbidity of Bladder Stone in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury?
... results, bladder irrigation was superior to no bladder irrigation with respect to reducing the in- cidence of bladder stone formation; the 19 bladder stones occurred only in no bladder ...
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Selective changes in the α adrenoceptor mediated contraction in the senescent rat urinary bladder
... human bladder, however, aging was associated with a decrease in the area density of smooth muscle: connective tissue ratio ...in bladder function is not attributed to his- tological changes such as ...
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The effects of inosine on clinical and histological findings after experimental spinal cord injury in rats
... motor function and urinary bladder function, frequency of spasms, neu- ronal profile and spinal cord tissue ...motor function of hind legs and urinary bladder function were ...
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Physical disability and bladder and sexual dysfunction: Interrelationships in women with multiple sclerosis
... bowel function, bladder function, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, vision, speech and hearing, medical problems, mood and thought disturbances, mentation, fatiguabihty and sexual ...
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Original Article Expression and function of SIRT6 in muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
... Although studies on normal human fibroblast and non-bladder cancer lines support a role of SIRT6 in facilitating DNA double strand break repair, inhibiting SIRT6 expression in bladder cancer lines do not ...
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Nerve growth factor in the urinary bladder of the adult regulates neuronal form and function
... increments in the dimensions of afferent (4, 6) and efferent neurons (299 +/- 4.7 to 573 +/- 8.6 microns2) supplying this organ in the rat. We discovered that hypertrophied bladders of rat and human contain significantly ...
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