THE EFFECT OF SIMULATED BIRTH TRAUMA AND/OR OVARIECTOMY ON RODENT CONTINENCE MECHANISM. PART I: FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE

Abstract

These findings suggest that birth trauma simulated by ballooning and ovariectomy may contribute to stress urinary incontinence. The alteration in smooth muscle caveolae as well as the membrane protein caveolin may have a role in functional alterations caused by birth trauma and ovariectomy.