Pontine control of the urinary bladder and external urethral sphincter in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 532, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 182-190

  Kruse, M N ^a   Noto, H ^a   Roppolo, J R ^a   de Groat, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Parabrachial nucleus; Periaqueductal grey; Pontine micturition center; Urethral sphincter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPHINCTER;

ANIMAL; BLADDER; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URETHRA; URINATION;

EID: 0025162734     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91758-9     Document Type: Article

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