Micturition-suppressing region in the periaqueductal gray of the mesencephalon of the cat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Numata, Atsushi ^a   Iwata, Tatsuya ^a   Iuchi, Hiromichi ^a   Taniguchi, Narumi ^a   Kita, Masafumi ^a   Wada, Naoki ^a   Kato, Yuji ^a   Kakizaki, Hidehiro ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Mesencephalon; Urination

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MESENCEPHALON; MICTURITION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; URINATION;

EID: 47549107896     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00393.2006     Document Type: Article

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