Bladder and bowel responses to lumbosacral epidural stimulation in uninjured and transected anesthetized rats

Abstract Spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES) mapping at L5-S1 was performed to identify parameters for bladder and bowel inhibition and/or contraction. Using spinally intact and chronic transected rats of both sexes in acute urethane-anesthetized terminal preparations, scES was systematically ap...

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Main Authors: Robert F. Hoey, Daniel Medina-Aguiñaga, Fahmi Khalifa, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Sharon Zdunowski, Jason Fell, Ahmed Naglah, Ayman S. El-Baz, April N. Herrity, Susan J. Harkema, Charles H. Hubscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81822-3