Gender differences in voluntary micturition control - An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-191

  Seseke, S ^a   Baudewig, J ^a   Kallenberg, K ^a   Ringert, R H ^a   Seseke, F ^b   Dechent, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b City Hospital Martha Maria Halle Doelau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender differences; Human brain; Micturition control; Periaqueductal grey; Pontine micturition centre; Urge to void

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; URINATION; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53049090939     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.07.044     Document Type: Article

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