title: Sensory innervation of the external and internal genitalia of the female rat creator: Peters, Lawrence C. creator: Kristal, Mark B. creator: Komisaruk, Barry R. subject: Psychobiology subject: Behavioral Neuroscience subject: Neuroanatomy description: 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. publisher: Elsevier date: 1987 type: Journal (Paginated) type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/5776/1/nerve.pdf identifier: Peters, Lawrence C. and Kristal, Mark B. and Komisaruk, Barry R. (1987) Sensory innervation of the external and internal genitalia of the female rat. [Journal (Paginated)] relation: http://cogprints.org/5776/