Firing of putative cholinergic neurons and micturition center neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmentum during distention and contraction of urinary bladder

Brain Research

Volumn 840, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Koyama, Yoshimasa ^a   Imada, Naoki ^b   Kawauchi, Akihiro ^b   Kayama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; Brainstem; Cholinergic neuron; Enuresis; Micturition; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENURESIS; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0033523463     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01770-9     Document Type: Article

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