A PET study on brain control of micturition in humans

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-121

  Blok, Bertil F M ^a   Willemsen, Antoon T M ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Periaqueductal grey; Right anterior cingulate gyrus; Right inferior frontal gyrus; Right pontine tegmentum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIENCEPHALON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICTURITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0031044005     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.1.111     Document Type: Article

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