Sacral dorsal horn neurone activity during micturition in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 387-396

  Buss, Robert R ^a,b   Shefchyk, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICTURITION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FIRING RATE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SENSATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0041854178     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.041996     Document Type: Article

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