External anal sphincter hyperreflexia following spinal transection in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 451-457

  Holmes, Gregory M ^a   Rogers, Richard C ^a   Bresnahan, Jacqueline C ^a   Beattie, Michael S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continence; Defecation; Descending systems; Lumbosacral reflexes; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HYPERREFLEXIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031744527     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.451     Document Type: Article

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