Plasticity of bladder reflex pathways during postnatal development

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 689-692

  De Groat, William C ^a  

^a W1352 Biomedical Science Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic transmission; Preganglionic neurons; Somato visceral reflexes; Spinal cord; Synaptic reorganization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN STEM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036955570     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00919-8     Document Type: Article

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