Spinal neuronal responses to urinary bladder stimulation in rats with corticosterone or aldosterone onto the amygdala

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2180-2189

  Qin, Chao ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER DISTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALDOSTERONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0142090663     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00298.2003     Document Type: Article

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