Effects of acute and chronic midthoracic spinal cord injury on neural circuits for male sexual function. II. Descending pathways

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2508-2518

  Hubscher, Charles H ^a   Johnson, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; MALE; MICTURITION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034033358     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2508     Document Type: Article

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