Physiology of the Lower Urinary Tract

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-27

  Fitzgerald, Mary Pat ^a   Mueller, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; SODIUM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER INNERVATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; MICTURITION REFLEX; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIC NERVE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STRETCH RECEPTOR; THALAMUS; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM;

AGING; HUMANS; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGY; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 1842575542     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200403000-00005     Document Type: Review

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