Excitatory and inhibitory influences on bladder activity elicited by electrical stimulation in the pontine micturition center in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 492, Issue 1-2, 1989, Pages 99-115

  Noto, H ^a   Roppolo, J R ^a   Steers, W D ^a   de Groat, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder postganglionic nerve; Blood pressure; Electrical stimulation; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Periaqueductal gray; Pontine micturition center

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLADDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; BLADDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URINATION;

EID: 0024392811     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90893-7     Document Type: Article

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