Differential effects of urinary bladder distension on high cervical projection neurons in primates

Brain Research

Volumn 949, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Chandler, Margaret J ^a   Qin, Chao ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary afferent; High cervical spinal segment; Somatic afferent; Urinary bladder afferent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0037072553     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02969-4     Document Type: Article

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