Limitations in using rabbit bladders in electrophysiological
and urodynamic experiments

J 2014

Limitations in using rabbit bladders in electrophysiological and urodynamic experiments

ZERHAU, Pavel, Zdeněk MACKERLE, Matej HUSÁR, Eva BRICHTOVÁ, Daniela SOCHŮRKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Limitations in using rabbit bladders in electrophysiological and urodynamic experiments

Authors

ZERHAU, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk MACKERLE (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Matej HUSÁR (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Eva BRICHTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniela SOCHŮRKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), E. GÖPFERT (203 Czech Republic) and M. FALDYNA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Veterinární medicína, Prague, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2014, 0375-8427

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.639

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/14:00078721

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000346600900002

Keywords in English

electrostimulation; rabbit detrusor; intravesical pressure; micturition; abdominal pressure

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of using rabbit bladder as a model for experimental detrusor electrostimulation research. In a study of urinary bladder activity induced through electrostimulation of the ventral roots, the functional and morphological parameters of the rabbit detrusor were investigated. Under general anaesthesia, open electrostimulation of ventral spinal roots leading towards the detrusor (usually S-2, S-3) was performed in 20 rabbits. Detrusor response was recorded by repeated electromyography and cystometry in two groups: animals with naturally concentrated urine content (Group A, eight rabbits) and animals after flushing and filling the bladder with saline (Group B, 12 rabbits). Histological examination of bladder wall was performed in both groups. The measured values were compared to one another as well as with data from the veterinary and human literature. The histological specimens were compared with histological specimens of human bladder. The reaction of detrusor fibres was detectable by electromyography in all cases. Elevation of intravesical pressure as a consequence of detrusor contraction was more difficult to detect, as this depends more on the density of the intravesical content. The pressure rise in Group B had a higher amplitude - up to 15 cm H2O versus 5 cm H2O in the first group (P = 0.00046). Histological examination of bladder wall from the two groups of rabbits showed no differences. In comparison with the bladder wall in humans, the only differences found were significantly thinner detrusor layers relative to the overall thickness of bladder wall. It is possible to use rabbit bladder for research into experimentally electrostimulation-induced activity of the detrusor or for experimental detrusor reinnervation research. It is necessary, however, to take into account certain limits - the lower contractility of the bladder wall and the need for qualitative control of bladder content. The present results also suggest that the physiological micturition of rabbits is probably more dependent on abdominal pressure than in humans.

Citovat

ZERHAU, Pavel, Zdeněk MACKERLE, Matej HUSÁR, Eva BRICHTOVÁ, Daniela SOCHŮRKOVÁ, E. GÖPFERT and M. FALDYNA. Limitations in using rabbit bladders in electrophysiological and urodynamic experiments. Veterinární medicína. Prague: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2014, vol. 59, No 8, p. 376-381. ISSN 0375-8427.

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N2  - The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of using rabbit bladder as a model for experimental detrusor electrostimulation research. In a study of urinary bladder activity induced through electrostimulation of the ventral roots, the functional and morphological parameters of the rabbit detrusor were investigated. Under general anaesthesia, open electrostimulation of ventral spinal roots leading towards the detrusor (usually S-2, S-3) was performed in 20 rabbits. Detrusor response was recorded by repeated electromyography and cystometry in two groups: animals with naturally concentrated urine content (Group A, eight rabbits) and animals after flushing and filling the bladder with saline (Group B, 12 rabbits). Histological examination of bladder wall was performed in both groups. The measured values were compared to one another as well as with data from the veterinary and human literature. The histological specimens were compared with histological specimens of human bladder. The reaction of detrusor fibres was detectable by electromyography in all cases. Elevation of intravesical pressure as a consequence of detrusor contraction was more difficult to detect, as this depends more on the density of the intravesical content. The pressure rise in Group B had a higher amplitude - up to 15 cm H2O versus 5 cm H2O in the first group (P = 0.00046). Histological examination of bladder wall from the two groups of rabbits showed no differences. In comparison with the bladder wall in humans, the only differences found were significantly thinner detrusor layers relative to the overall thickness of bladder wall. It is possible to use rabbit bladder for research into experimentally electrostimulation-induced activity of the detrusor or for experimental detrusor reinnervation research. It is necessary, however, to take into account certain limits - the lower contractility of the bladder wall and the need for qualitative control of bladder content. The present results also suggest that the physiological micturition of rabbits is probably more dependent on abdominal pressure than in humans.
ER  -

ZERHAU, Pavel, Zdeněk MACKERLE, Matej HUSÁR, Eva BRICHTOVÁ, Daniela SOCHŮRKOVÁ, E. GÖPFERT and M. FALDYNA. Limitations in using rabbit bladders in electrophysiological and urodynamic experiments. \textit{Veterinární medicína}. Prague: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2014, vol.~59, No~8, p.~376-381. ISSN~0375-8427.

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