The internal and sphincter receives its parasympathetic nerve supply from the sacral outflow and its sympathetic supply from the thoracicolumbar outflow of the spinal cord. In order to investigate the influence of the tonic discharge of these nerves, eight healthy subjects receiving high spinal anaesthesia (T 6-T 12) and five receiving low spinal anaesthesia (L 5-S 1) were examined. Continuous ...

Diabetics have voiding and continence dysfunction to which elevated levels of advanced glycation end products (AGE) may contribute. In addition, pudendal nerve injury is correlated with voiding dysfunction and stress incontinence in rats. The aim of this study was to investigate whether pudendal nerve crush (PNC) in diabetic rats alters urinary function. Female virgin Sprague-Dawley rats (144) ...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2015;4(S1) www.amepc.org/tau culture procedure with PLGA scaffold; Complex synthetic collagen with elastin (Matriderm); SIS (small intestine submucosa, porcine SIS). 48-72 h; Tissue fluid diffusion, 4 days; circulation and beginning of collagen accumulation. Initial graft survival depends on tissue condition and vas...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2015;4(S1) www.amepc.org/tau culture procedure with PLGA scaffold; Complex synthetic collagen with elastin (Matriderm); SIS (small intestine submucosa, porcine SIS). 48-72 h; Tissue fluid diffusion, 4 days; circulation and beginning of collagen accumulation. Initial graft survival depends on tissue condition and vas...

After spinal cord injury (SCI), external urethral sphincter (EUS) hyperreflexia often develops which can lead to an inability to properly empty the bladder. Short of catheterization and irreversible surgery, few options exist for managing this condition. High-frequency electrical stimulation can produce a reversible block of peripheral nerve conduction, and has been proposed as a way to block u...

The micturition reflex is one of the autonomic reflexes, but the release of urine is regulated by voluntary neural mechanisms that involve centers in the brain and spinal cord. The micturition reflex is a bladder-to-bladder contraction reflex for which the reflex center is located in the rostral pontine tegmentum (pontine micturition center: PMC). There are two afferent pathways from the bladde...