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Contribution of C-fiber afferent nerves and autonomic pathways in the urinary bladder to spinal c-fos expression induced by bladder irritation

LORI A. BIRDER WILLIAM C. DE GROAT University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Pages 5-12 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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