Title :
Relationship between tissue composition and biomechanics of the urinary bladder: effects of spinal cord injury on bladder tissue
Author :
Nagatomi, J. ; Getzenberg, R.H. ; Torimoto, K. ; Chancellor, M.B. ; Sacks, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
Our previous studies have demonstrated that spinal cord injury and the associated urinary tract dysfunctions lead to significant changes in the bladder wall tissue mechanical behaviors. The present study made the first attempt to link biomechanical property changes of the bladder wall tissue and compositional changes at the molecular-level.
Keywords :
biological organs; biological tissues; biomechanics; biomechanics; bladder wall tissue mechanical behaviors; spinal cord injury effects; tissue composition; urinary bladder; urinary tract dysfunctions; Amino acids; Bioinformatics; Biomechanics; Bladder; Extracellular; Genomics; Proteins; RNA; Rats; Spinal cord injury;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 30th Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8285-4
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2004.1300045
