HISTOLOGICAL AND NEUROTROPHIC CHANGES TRIGGERED BY VARYING MODELS OF BLADDER INFLAMMATION
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 166 (3), 1111-1118
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65931-9
Abstract
Conclusions Inflammation results in altered nerve growth factor content of the bladder, and morphological changes in sensory and motor neurons innervating the bladder. Such neuroplasticity may be a possible explanation for the association of bladder inflammation with long-term symptoms and pain after inflammation subsides.Keywords
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