Effect of injury to the dorsal funiculus of the thoracic spinal cord on micturition in decerebrate and freely-moving cats

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a   Hatano, Tadashi ^a   Koyama, Yuzo ^a   Miyazato, Tomonori ^a   Oda, Masami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent; Cat; Dorsal system; Micturition; Spinothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SENSATION; SPINE INJURY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0343938571     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030443     Document Type: Article

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