Frequency-dependent selection of reflexes by pudendal afferents in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 577, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Boggs, Joseph W ^a,b   Wenzel, Brian J ^a,b   Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a   Grill, Warren M ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; ADULT; BLADDER EMPTYING; EVOKED RESPONSE; MICTURITION REFLEX; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFLEX; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 33750728350     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.111815     Document Type: Article

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