Brain responses during the first desire to void: A positron emission tomography study

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 724-728

  Takao, Tetsuya ^a   Tsujimura, Akira ^a   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^a   Kiuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Ueda, Tomohiro ^a   Hirai, Toshiaki ^a   Komori, Kazuhiko ^a   Takada, Shingo ^a   Nonomura, Norio ^a   Osaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Enomoto, Keisuke ^a   Hatazawa, Jun ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Positron emhission tomography; Urge; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDOM CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL GYRUS; MICTURITION; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; UNCUS; URETHRAL CATHETER; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; URINATION;

EID: 49649111978     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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