Functional brain imaging and the bladder: New insights into cerebral control over micturition

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 344-349

  Kershen, Richard T ^a   Kalisvaart, John ^b   Appell, Rodney A ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior Cingulate Gyrus; Functional Brain Imaging; Sacral Nerve Stimulation; Single Photon Emission Compute Tomography; Urge Incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BLADDER; BRAIN; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PONS; TELENCEPHALON; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0642306483     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-003-0004-4     Document Type: Article

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