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The Functions of Efferent Nerves to the Lower Urinary Tract

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The Physiology of the Lower Urinary Tract

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to review the peripheral and central effects of excitation of efferent neurons innervating the lower urinary tract. The anatomy was reviewed in Section 1, and our main concern in this chapter will be with the physiology and pharmacology of ganglionic and/or neuroeffector transmission in sympathetic, parasympathetic and somatic efferent pathways. There are many excellent reviews on this subject and the reader may find monographs by Appenzeller (1982), Gabella (1976), Nilsson (1983) and Johnson and Spalding (1974), and reviews by Burnstock (1981, 1986), Morrison (1982), de Groat et al. (1981), de Groat (1975) and Andersson and Sjögren (1982) helpful for further study. The physiology of smooth muscle and of neuromuscular transmission in the bladder is dealt with in Chapter 6. However, the starting point of this chapter will deal with an effect which appears to be mediated by parasympathetic efferent neurons within the central part of their course, viz. the phenomenon of recurrent inhibition.

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Morrison, J.F.B. (1987). The Functions of Efferent Nerves to the Lower Urinary Tract. In: Torrens, M., Morrison, J.F.B. (eds) The Physiology of the Lower Urinary Tract. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1449-9_5

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