Identification of the spinal neural network involved in coordination of micturition in the male cat

Brain Research

Volumn 796, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 150-160

  Grill, Warren M ^a   Wang, Baoqing ^a   Hadziefendic, Selma ^b   Haxhiu, Musa A ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; c fos; Genitourinary; Immediate early gene; Parasympathetic; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICTURITION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE NET; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0032526521     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00340-0     Document Type: Article

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