Alterations in growth-associated protein (GAP-43) expression in lower urinary tract pathways following chronic spinal cord injury

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-381

  Vizzard, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal commissure; Dorsal horn; Intermediolateral cell column; Lateral collateral pathway; Sacral parasympathetic nucleus; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0033456165     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970429     Document Type: Article

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