Excitatory and inhibitory A- and C-reflexes in pelvic parasympathetic efferent nerves elicited by single shock to A and C afferent fibers of perineal and limb somatic nerves in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Morrison, J F B ^a,c   Sato, A ^a   Sato, Y ^b   Suzuki, A ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pudendal nerve; Rat; Somatic afferent; Somato parasympathetic reflex; Somato pelvic reflex; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIC NERVE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030570403     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12759-2     Document Type: Article

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