Brain-bladder control network: The unsolved 21st century urological mystery

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 342-348

  Kitta, Takeya ^a   Mitsui, Takahiko ^a   Kanno, Yukiko ^a   Chiba, Hiroki ^a   Moriya, Kimihiko ^a   Shinohara, Nobuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional brain imaging; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; Micturition; Overactive bladder; Position emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BARRINGTON NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BLADDER CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MICTURITION; NEUROBIOLOGY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS; BLADDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINATION;

EID: 84925940720     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12721     Document Type: Review

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