Ascending and descending brainstem neuronal activity during cystometry in decerebrate cats

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-350

  Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a   Hatano, Tadashi ^a   Nishijima, Saori ^a   Matsuyama, Kiyoji ^b   Mori, Shigemi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Extracellular recording; Medullary neurons; Micturition reflex pathway; Pontine micturition center

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CYTOMETRY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONS; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0037931962     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10115     Document Type: Article

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