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ArticleBrain and behavior2018

Multiparity affects conduction properties of pelvic floor nerves in rabbits.

Francisco Castelán, Kenia López-García, Suelem Moreno-Pérez, René Zempoalteca, Dora L Corona-Quintanilla, Mario I Romero-Ortega, Ismael Jiménez-Estrada, Margarita Martínez-Gómez

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neuromodulation Improves Stress Urinary Incontinence-Like Deficits in Female Rabbits.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2025
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Francisco CastelánDepartamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Unidad Foránea Tlaxcala, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlaxcala, México.ORCID 0000-0002-9835-3335
Kenia López-GarcíaDepartamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Unidad Foránea Tlaxcala, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlaxcala, México.ORCID 0000-0001-8709-7121
Suelem Moreno-PérezCentro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México.
René ZempoaltecaMaestría en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México.ORCID 0000-0001-6749-2343
Dora L Corona-QuintanillaMaestría en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México.ORCID 0000-0002-0112-0050
Mario I Romero-OrtegaDepartament of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-2576-2629
Ismael Jiménez-EstradaDepartamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México.
Margarita Martínez-GómezDepartamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Unidad Foránea Tlaxcala, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlaxcala, México.ORCID 0000-0002-3534-1265
Autonomous University of Tlaxcala · MXInstituto Politécnico Nacional · MXUniversity of North Texas at Dallas · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWomen often develop pelvic floor dysfunction due to damage to the pelvic musculature during childbirth; however, the effect on pelvic floor nerves function is less understood. This study used adult rabbits to evaluate the electrophysiological and histological characteristics of the bulbospongiosus (Bsn) and pubococcygeus nerves (Pcn) in multiparity.

methodsCompound nerve action potentials (CNAP) were compared between age-matched nulliparous and multiparous animals and associated to the histological characteristics of myelinated axons from the Bsn and Pcn nerves. The extensor digitorum longus nerve (EDLn) was used as negative control. Data were analyzed with unpaired two-tailed Student's t test or Mann-Whitney U test to determine significant differences between groups.

resultsThe onset and peak latencies, duration, and conduction velocity of the motor fibers in these pelvic nerves were not significantly different between nulliparous and multiparous animals. However, the peak-to-peak amplitude and area of the CNAP in both Bsn and Pcn were reduced in multiparous rabbits. Histology showed a higher percentage of axons with myelin disorganization caused by multiparity in these pelvic nerves. Together, the data indicate a reduction in the number of functional pelvic axons due to multiparity. As expected, no effect of parity was observed in the EDLn controls.

conclusionsPresent findings demonstrated that multiparity affects myelination and consequently conduction properties in the small pelvic floor nerves.

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AnimalsFemaleNeural ConductionParityPelvic FloorPerineumPregnancyRabbitsbulbospongiosus musclemicturitionmyelinpubococcygeus musclereproductionurinary incontinence

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