Mechanism of the reflex inhibition of micturition contractions of the urinary bladder elicited by acupuncture-like stimulation in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 189-198

  Sato, Akio ^a   Sato, Yuko ^b   Suzuki, Atsuko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic reflex; Micturition contraction; Pelvic nerve; Pudendal nerve; Rat; Somatic afferent; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; MICTURITION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; BLADDER; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URINATION;

EID: 0027076242     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(92)90004-V     Document Type: Article

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