PURPOSE: We mapped brain activity during micturition using functional magnetic
resonance imaging with simultaneous recording of urodynamic properties during slow …

OBJECTIVE: The voluntary control of micturition is believed to be integrated by complex
interactions among the brainstem, subcortical areas and cortical areas. Several brain …

Objectives To map the brain activity during bladder filling by functional magnetic resonance
imaging using a refined scanning protocol including synchronous urodynamics and pelvic …

Purpose: Normal voiding in neurologically intact patients is triggered by the release of tonic
inhibition from suprapontine centers, allowing the pontine micturition center to trigger the …

Specific cerebral lesions have shown the crucial role of the brain in the control of micturition.
The precise identification of the anatomical cerebral structures involved in micturition can …

In the last decade functional imaging has gained substantial importance for identifying
cortical and subcortical brain regions being involved in the micturition circuit. However …

Purpose: Bladder control problems are common but their cause is often unclear. Many
investigators have sought causes in the lower urinary tract, but fewer in the supraspinal …

Purpose Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, which is common in patients with
multiple sclerosis, has a significant impact on quality of life. In this study we sought to …

We have learned that micturition is comprised of two basic phases: storage and emptying;
during bladder emptying, the pontine and periaqueductal gray (PAG) micturition center …

Neuro-imaging has given urologists a new tool to investigate the neural control of the lower
urinary tract. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), it is now possible to …