@misc{cogprints5776,
volume = {408},
title = {Sensory innervation of the external and internal genitalia of the female rat},
author = {Lawrence C. Peters and Mark B. Kristal and Barry R. Komisaruk},
publisher = {Elsevier},
year = {1987},
pages = {199--204},
journal = {Brain Research},
keywords = {sensory innervation, external genitalia, female rat, hypogastric, pelvic nerve, pudendal nerve},
url = {http://cogprints.org/5776/},
abstract = {Using a whole-nerve recording method, the genitalia of the female rat were found to receive afferent innervation as follows. Pelvic nerve: vagina, cervix, and perineal skin; hypogastric nerve: cervix and proximal three fifths of the uterus; pudendal nerve: skin of perineum, inner thigh, and clitoral sheath. It is probable that the pudendal and pelvic nerves are activated during copulation, and that all 3 nerves are activated during parturition.}
}