Brain switch for reflex micturition control detected by fMRI in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2719-2730

  Tai, Changfeng ^a   Wang, Jicheng ^a   Jin, Tao ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Kim, Seong Gi ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INSULA; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 70449347190     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00700.2009     Document Type: Article

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