Cerebral control of bladder function

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 348-352

  Griffiths, Derek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent Signal; Anterior Insula; Bladder Filling; Detrusor Overactivity; Urethral Sphincter

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION; URETHRA;

BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SENSATION; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 16644378490     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-004-0081-z     Document Type: Article

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