Developmental and injury induced plasticity in the micturition reflex pathway

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-140

  De Groat, William C ^a   Araki, Isao ^a   Vizzard, Margaret A ^a   Yoshiyama, Mitsuharu ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Tai, Changfeng ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Parasympathetic reflexes; Postnatal development; Spinal cord injury; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; REFLEX; URINATION;

EID: 0032080156     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00185-X     Document Type: Article

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