Publication Date:
1982-06-11
Description:
In paraplegics and quadriplegics a profound paralysis of skeletal muscles occurs below the level of the spinal lesion. Unexplained in this state is the development of an overactive external urethral sphincter, which interferes with emptying of the bladder and may lead to infection of the urinary tract. Studies of cats show that the discharge of motoneurons causing this contraction has all the characteristics of a flexor reflex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jolesz, F A -- Cheng-Tao, X -- Ruenzel, P W -- Henneman, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Jun 11;216(4551):1243-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7200635" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cats
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Disease Models, Animal
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Male
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Motor Neurons/physiology
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Paraplegia/*physiopathology
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Reflex/physiology
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Urethra/*innervation/physiopathology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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