Activation and inhibition of the micturition reflex by penile afferents in the cat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Woock, John P ^a   Yoo, Paul B ^a   Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal nerve of the penis; Electrical stimulation; Frequency dependence; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CAT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; ANIMAL; BLADDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PENIS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 47549083094     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00029.2008     Document Type: Article

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