Central pathways controlling micturition and urinary continence

Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 13-17

  Blok, Bertil F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINENCE; DIENCEPHALON; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNEURON; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATS; DIENCEPHALON; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; REFLEX; URINATION;

EID: 0036242533     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01633-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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