Organization of the neural switching circuitry underlying reflex micturition

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-84

  De Groat, W C ^a   Wickens, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brain stem; Spinal cord; Switching circuit

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTERNEURON; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONTINE MICTURITION CENTRE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; URETHRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; REFLEX; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 84870813397     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12014     Document Type: Review

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