Innervation of the Levator Ani and Coccygeus Muscles of the Female Rat

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1031-1041

  Bremer, Ronald E ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^b   Coates, Kimberly W ^c   Dolber, Paul C ^a,d   Thor, Karl B ^a,d,e  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Dynogen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator ani; Pelvic floor; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pudendal nerve

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242322523     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10116     Document Type: Article

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