Evidence for supraspinal nervous control of external anal sphincter motility in the cat

Brain Research

Volumn 795, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 147-156

  Abysique, Anne ^a   Orsoni, Pierre ^b   Bouvier, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptor; Cat; Electromyographic recording technique; External anal sphincter; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic neuron; Opioid

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICERGOLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SPINAL NERVE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; CLONIDINE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NICERGOLINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032496729     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00285-6     Document Type: Article

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