Joonbeom Kwon, Duk Yoon Kim, Kang Jun Cho, Mamoru Hashimoto, Kanako Matsuoka, Tadanobu Kamijo, Zhou Wang, Sergei Karnup, Anne M Robertson, Pradeep Tyagi, Naoki Yoshimura
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a symptom-based syndrome defined by urinary urgency, frequency, and nocturia with or without urge incontinence. The causative pathology is diverse; including bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), bladder ischemia, aging, metabolic syndrome, psychological stress, affective disorder, urinary microbiome, localized and systemic inflammatory responses, etc. Several hypotheses have been suggested as mechanisms of OAB generation; among them, neurogenic, myogenic, and urothelial mechanisms are well-known hypotheses...
February 2024: International Neurourology Journal