Contribution of C-fiber afferent nerves and autonomic pathways in the urinary bladder to spinal c-fos expression induced by bladder irritation

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-12

  Birder, Lori A ^a,b   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic pathways; c fos; Capsaicin sensitive afferents; Lower urinary tract; Mechanoreceptor afferents; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER; BLADDER IRRITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MICTURITION REFLEX; MUCOSA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; URETHRA;

ACETIC ACID; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; IRRITANTS; NERVE FIBERS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031943890     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870916     Document Type: Article

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