2006
Pacemaker activity in the upper urinary tract
Weiss RM, Tamarkin FJ, Wheeler MA. Pacemaker activity in the upper urinary tract. Journal Of Smooth Muscle Research 2006, 42: 103. PMID: 17099294, DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.42.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsTypical smooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsUreteral peristalsisCapsaicin-sensitive sensory afferentsAlpha-smooth muscle actinNormal ureteral peristalsisUpper urinary tractUreteral peristaltic activityUrinary collecting systemTyrosine kinase receptorsSensory afferentsUrinary tractEndogenous releasePeristaltic activityPacemaker activityMuscle actinAction potentialsPacemaker siteC-kitPacemaker cellsProximal portionCollecting systemSparse immunoreactivityElectrical activity
1986
Effect of Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate on Canine Pelviureteral Discharge Potentials
Morita T, Weiss R, Suzuki T, Kondo S, Tsuchida S. Effect of Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate on Canine Pelviureteral Discharge Potentials. Urologia Internationalis 1986, 41: 117-120. PMID: 3014701, DOI: 10.1159/000281179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBucladesineDogsDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectromyographyMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothUreterUrodynamicsThe Role of Ureteral Peristaltic Rate and Bolus Volume on Increasing Urine Flow
Saeki H, Morita T, Weiss R, Miyagawa I. The Role of Ureteral Peristaltic Rate and Bolus Volume on Increasing Urine Flow. Urologia Internationalis 1986, 41: 174-179. PMID: 3750577, DOI: 10.1159/000281192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDogsElectromyographyInfusions, ParenteralOliguriaPeristalsisPolyuriaSodium ChlorideUreterUrineUrodynamicsConceptsUreteral peristaltic ratePeristaltic rateUrine flowBolus volumeTransport of urineUrodynamic parametersMongrel dogsAcute diuresisUreteral peristalsisUrine increasesUrine secretionUreterElectromyogramRate alterationsFlow increasesOliguriaPolyuriaDiuresisConsequent increaseFurosemidePeristalsisSecretionDogsUrine
1981
Prognostic Value of Urodynamic Testing in Myelodysplastic Patients
McGuire E, Woodside J, Borden T, Weiss R. Prognostic Value of Urodynamic Testing in Myelodysplastic Patients. Journal Of Urology 1981, 126: 205-209. PMID: 7196460, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsElectromyographyFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePrognosisSpinal Cord DiseasesUrethraUrinary TractUrodynamicsConceptsUrethral closure pressureMyelodysplastic patientsIntravesical pressureIntermittent catheterizationUrinary controlDetrusor responseUreteral dilatationVesicoureteral refluxExcretory urographyUrethral leakageVesical outletExternal urethral sphincter electromyographyHigh urethral closure pressureUpper urinary tract deteriorationClosure pressureGood urinary controlReflex detrusor activityUrethral sphincter electromyographyUrinary tract deteriorationCent of patientsDetrusor-sphincter dyssynergiaFluoroscopic voiding cystourethrographyLow-pressure groupUrethral pressure profilometryAnticholinergic therapy