Is the periaqueductal gray an essential relay center for the micturition reflex pathway in the cat?

Brain Research

Volumn 1317, Issue , 2010, Pages 108-115

  Takasaki, Akira ^a   Hui, Meng ^a   Sasaki, Mitsuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; Micturition; Periaqueductal gray; Pontine micturition center

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FILLING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; PRESSURE; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 75849140309     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.057     Document Type: Article

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