The pontine micturition center projects to sacral cord GABA immunoreactive neurons in the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 109-112

  Blok, Bertil F M ^a   De Weerd, Henk ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrington's area; External urethral sphincter; Intermediomedial cell column; Synergic micturition; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; MICTURITION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; PONS; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0342894751     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00644-7     Document Type: Article

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