Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide in the Hyper‐reflexic Neuropathic Bladder
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 57 (3), 289-291
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1985.tb06346.x
Abstract
The distribution of nerves containing vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the hyper-reflexic neuropathic bladder was investigated using immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay. Biopsy specimens were taken from the bladders of 21 patients with urodynamically proven detrusor hyper-reflexia and from 20 control patients with no urodynamic abnormality. The results showed a reduction in the number of VIP immunoreactive nerves and a reduction in VIP concentration in the hyper-reflexic bladder when compared with control samples.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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