'Skin-CNS-bladder' reflex pathway for micturition after spinal cord injury and its underlying mechanisms

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 936-942

  Xiao, Chuan Guo ^a   De Groat, William C ^b   Godec, Ciril J ^b   Dai, Chengpu ^b   Xiao, Qiong ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neurogenic bladder; Reflex pathway; Reinnervation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TRIMETAPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER PRESSURE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032881192     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00094     Document Type: Article

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