Sacrolumbar intersegmental reflex circuit in men and its relation to the ejaculatory process

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2368-2374

  Ertekin, Cumhur ^a   Uysal, Hilmi ^b   Bademkiran, Fikret ^a   Altay, Baris ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bulbocavernosus reflex; Cremasteric reflex; Premature ejaculation; Sacrolumbar intersegmental reflex; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; DERMATOME; DORSAL ROOT; EJACULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LOWER SACRAL DERMATOMAL STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SACROLUMBAR INTERSEGMENTAL REFLEX CIRCUIT; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPPER LUMBAR DERMATOMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 35148857207     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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