Ultrastructural evidence for a direct pathway from the pontine micturition center to the parasympathetic preganglionic motoneurons of the bladder of the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Blok, Bertil F M ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; Double labeling; Electron microscopy; Excitatory; Intermediolateral cell column; Sacral cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CATS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PONS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0031042966     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13384-5     Document Type: Article

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