provided the original work is properly cited. CC Micturition is clinically well-known as a factor that may cause hypotension, bradycardia, and if severe, syncope. However, the mechanism of syncope during micturition is not completely understood. Vasodilatation, bradycardia, and reflex cardiovascular depression are all called by various terms including vasovagal syncope, Bazold-Jarisch reflex, a...

OBJECTIVE To re-examine the function of the urinary bladder in vivoas well as to determine the functional and biochemical characteristics of bladder muscarinic receptors in long-term alloxan-induced diabetes rats. METHODS Two-month-old male Wistar rats were injected with alloxan and the animals showing blood glucose levels >300mg/dL together with age-paired untreated animals were kept for 11 ...

Lluel, P., S. Palea, M. Barras, F. Grandadam, D. Heudes, P. Bruneval, B. Corman, and D. J. Martin. Functional and morphological modifications of the urinary bladder in aging female rats. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R964–R972, 2000.—In female Wistar/Rij rats, 10 and 30 mo old, the micturition profiles in conscious animals, the contractile responses of the isolated urina...

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Among 108 consecutive patients with myelomeningocele aged 5-12 years initially treated by a selective policy, seven (6.5%) achieved spontaneous urinary continence, five with normal micturition and two with urgency. All had positive conus reflexes and incomplete cord lesions which, with one exception, comprised motor as well as sensory sacral sparing.

Over the past decade, it has become clear many of the age-related health problems of men, that have hitherto been treated using different medical disciplines, are actually inter-related and require a more integrative approach in the aging male. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) may serve as an example. LUTS consists of storage, voiding, and post micturition symptoms affecting the lower urinar...

Purpose. To determine the efficacy of electroacupuncture on recovering postanesthetic bladder function. Materials and Methods. Sixty-one patients undergoing spinal anaesthesia were recruited and allocated into electroacupuncture or control group randomly. Patients in electroacupuncture group received electroacupuncture therapy whereas ones in control group were not given any intervention. Prima...

OBJECTIVES To assess the occurrence of selected lower urinary tract symptoms in the population of patients with neurotic and personality disorders. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of occurrence, co-existence and severity of two selected lower urinary tract symptoms in 3,929 patients in a day hospital for neurotic disorders. The KO "O" symptom checklist was used to measure the study ...

Chemokines, otherwise known as chemotactic cytokines, are proinflammatory mediators of the immune response and have been implicated in altered sensory processing, hyperalgesia, and central sensitization following tissue injury or inflammation. To address the role of CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling in normal micturition and inflammation-induced bladder hyperreflexia, bladder inflammation in adult female ...

OBJECTIVE To define the nature of micturition disturbance in patients with acute idiopathic autonomic neuropathy (AIAN). METHODS Micturitional symptoms were observed during hospital admissions and the in outpatient clinics in six patients with clinically definite AIAN (typical form in four, cholinergic variant in one, autonomic-sensory variant in one). Urodynamic studies included medium-fill ...