The defecation reflex in rats: Fundamental properties and the reflex center

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-56

  Nagano, Mayuko ^a   Ishimizu, Yohko ^a   Saitoh, Sanae ^a   Okada, Hiromasa ^a   Fukuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon; Defecation reflex center; Pons; Propulsive contraction; Rat; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DESCENDING COLON; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM; REFLEX; STOMACH DISTENSION;

ANIMALS; COLON; DEFECATION; DENERVATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PONS; RATS; RECTUM;

EID: 1942421154     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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