The neural control of micturition

CJ Fowler, D Griffiths, WC De Groat - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Micturition, or urination, occurs involuntarily in infants and young children until the age of 3
to 5 years, after which it is regulated voluntarily. The neural circuitry that controls this process …

Mechanisms of disease: involvement of the urothelium in bladder dysfunction

LA Birder, WC De Groat - Nature clinical practice Urology, 2007 - nature.com
Although the urinary bladder urothelium has classically been thought of as a passive barrier
to ions and solutes, a number of novel properties have been recently attributed to urothelial …

OnabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of patients with overactive bladder and urinary incontinence: results of a phase 3, randomized, placebo controlled trial

VW Nitti, R Dmochowski, S Herschorn… - The Journal of …, 2013 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Overactive bladder affects 12% to 17% of the general population and almost a
third experience urinary incontinence, which may severely impact health related quality of …

OnabotulinumtoxinA 100 U significantly improves all idiopathic overactive bladder symptoms and quality of life in patients with overactive bladder and urinary …

C Chapple, KD Sievert, S MacDiarmid, V Khullar… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome with urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent
in the population and impairs health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Objective To assess the …

Efficacy and safety of onabotulinumtoxinA for idiopathic overactive bladder: a double-blind, placebo controlled, randomized, dose ranging trial

R Dmochowski, C Chapple, VW Nitti… - The Journal of …, 2010 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Treatment options for patients with overactive bladder refractory to anticholinergics
are limited. We assessed the dose response across a range of doses of onabotulinumtoxinA …

Selective inhibition of meningeal nociceptors by botulinum neurotoxin type A: therapeutic implications for migraine and other pains

R Burstein, XC Zhang, D Levy, KR Aoki… - …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Meningeal and other trigeminal nociceptors are thought to play important roles
in the initiation of migraine headache. Currently, the only approved peripherally …

Afferent nerve regulation of bladder function in health and disease

WC de Groat, N Yoshimura - Sensory nerves, 2009 - Springer
The afferent innervation of the urinary bladder consists primarily of small myelinated (Aδ)
and unmyelinated (C-fiber) axons that respond to chemical and mechanical stimuli …

Current and emerging pharmacological targets and treatments of urinary incontinence and related disorders

MC Michel, L Cardozo, CJ Chermansky, F Cruz… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - ASPET
Overactive bladder syndrome with and without urinary incontinence and related conditions,
signs, and disorders such as detrusor overactivity, neurogenic lower urinary tract …

Botulinum toxin injections for adults with overactive bladder syndrome

JB Duthie, M Vincent, GP Herbison… - Cochrane Database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a common condition with a significant
negative impact on quality of life characterised by urgency with or without urge incontinence …

Refractory idiopathic urge urinary incontinence and botulinum A injection

L Brubaker, HE Richter, A Visco, S Mahajan… - The Journal of …, 2008 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We compared 200 U intradetrusor botulinum toxin A vs placebo in women with
refractory idiopathic urge incontinence. Materials and Methods: This institutional review …