Excitability changes in sacral afferents innervating the urethra, perineum and hindlimb skin of the cat during micturition

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 514, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 593-607

  Buss, R R ^a,b   Shefchyk, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICTURITION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; URETHRA; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIMARY AFFERENT HYPERPOLARIZATION; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; PERINEUM; SKIN; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0033555496     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.593ae.x     Document Type: Article

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