Coordination of the Bladder Detrusor and the External Urethral Sphincter in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury: Effect of Injury Severity

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.

Detrusor–EUS coordination was measured by the increase in EUS EMG during voiding (dESA). The value of dESA was correlated to SCI severity (A), to white matter sparing at the injury epicenter (T8 spinal segment) (B), to the amount of serotonin immunoreactivity (5HT-ir) in the DL nucleus (C), and to CRF immunoreactivity (CRF-ir) in the SPN (D). Correlation coefficients are shown at thetop left corner of B–D. InA, symbols indicate a significant difference from the uninjured group (one asterisk) or from both the uninjured and 12.5 mm groups (two asterisks). In B–D, the correlation coefficients are significant (p < 0.001).

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 21 no. 2 559-569
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