The micturition switch and its forebrain influences

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-109

  Griffiths, D J ^a   Fowler, C J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Forebrain; Micturition

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BASAL GANGLION; BLADDER; BLADDER FILLING; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTINENCE; CUNEUS; DECEREBRATION; EFFERENT NERVE; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL OPERCULUM; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MICTURITION; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONTINE NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; PROSENCEPHALON; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 84870806023     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12019     Document Type: Review

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