GABAergic control of micturition within the periaqueductal grey matter of the male rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2065-2078

  Stone, E ^a   Coote, J H ^a   Allard, J ^b   Lovick, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 79954542173     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.202614     Document Type: Article

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