Neurophysiology of the lower urinary tract

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 149-169

  Beckel, Jonathan M ^a   Holstege, Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Bladder physiology; Lower urinary tract; Periaqueductal gray; Spinal cord injury; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTINENCE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PONS ANGLE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ANIMAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; URINARY TRACT; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952212755     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_8     Document Type: Article

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