Premium
The effect of tonic immobility on urethral pressure and vesical capacity
Author(s) -
Germain L.,
Galeano C.,
Elhilali M. M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.1930050408
Subject(s) - tonic (physiology) , medicine , urination , reflex , anesthesia , urinary system
Tonic immobility (TI) is a behavioral response to a sudden constraint and inversion in the rabbit. TI is characterized by a long‐lasting immobilization, abolition of righting reflex, leg tremors, and waxy flexibility of the extremities. However, during TI autonomic functions do not seem significantly altered. We have used TI as a method to obviate the effect of anesthesia when recording urodynamic parameters during filling of the bladder. Our results suggest that, indeed, autonomic functions related to the filling phase of the micturition cycle are not altered by TI.