4 papers
Elucidating the high compliance mechanism by which the urinary bladder fills under low pressures
Fatemeh Azari, Anne M. Robertson, Yasutaka Tobe +6
The high compliance of the urinary bladder during filling is essential for its proper function, enabling it to accommodate significant volumetric increases with minimal rise in tra…
Modelling Growth, Remodelling and Damage of a Thick-walled Fibre-reinforced Artery with Active Response: Application to Cerebral Vasospasm and Treatment
Giulia Pederzani, Andrii Grytsan, Alfons G. Hoekstra +2
Cerebral vasospasm, a prolonged constriction of cerebral arteries, is the first cause of morbidity and mortality for patients who survive hospitalisation after aneurysmal subarachn…
Quantifying Smooth Muscles Regional Organization in the Rat Bladder Using Immunohistochemistry, Multiphoton Microscopy and Machine Learning
Alireza Asadbeygi, Yasutaka Tobe, Naoki Yoshimura +4
The smooth muscle bundles (SMBs) in the bladder act as contractile elements which enable the bladder to void effectively. In contrast to skeletal muscles, these bundles are not hig…
Layer dependent role of collagen recruitment during loading of the rat bladder wall
Fangzhou Cheng, Anne M. Robertson, Lori Birder +4
In this work, we reevaluated long standing conjectures as to the source of the exceptionally large compliance of the bladder wall. Whereas, these conjectures were based on indirect…