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From: Exogenous overexpression of nerve growth factor in the urinary bladder produces bladder overactivity and altered micturition circuitry in the lumbosacral spinal cord

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Intraoperative procedure for tubing implantation. Intraoperative picture depictingthe insertion of PE10 tubing into the urinary bladder wall. Bundles of detrusor muscle are dissected from the urothelium (A). A 4–5 mm length of tubing is inserted into the bladder wall (B). Tubing is secured in place by two 10-0 nylon sutures (C). Significant (p ≤ 0.001) increase in total urinary bladder nerve growth factor (NGF; D) as detected with ELISA after two-week exogenous delivery of NGF to bladder wall. *, p ≤ 0.001. 'n' = 6 for each group in D.

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BMC Physiology

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