The C fibre reflex of the cat urinary bladder

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 531-541

  Mazieres L ^a,b   Jiang, C H ^a   Lindstrom S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CAT; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PELVIC NERVE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; URETHRA; ADULT; C FIBER; COOLING; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION;

MENTHOL;

EID: 0032401989     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.531bb.x     Document Type: Article

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