Cerebral representation of the anorectum using functional magnetic resonance imaging

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1251-1257

  Bittorf, B ^a,b   Ringler, R ^a   Forster, C ^a   Hohenberger, W ^a   Matzel, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RECTUM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; RECTUM; THALAMUS;

EID: 33749612197     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5421     Document Type: Article

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