Urethral pudendal afferent-evoked bladder and sphincter reflexes in decerebrate and acute spinal cats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-140

  Shefchyk, Susan J ^a   Buss, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract; Micturition; Pudendal reflexes; Sacral reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; DECEREBRATION; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL DECORTICATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL CORD; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032549717     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00155-4     Document Type: Article

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