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Reflex Control of the Lower Urinary Tract

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The Physiology of the Lower Urinary Tract

Abstract

Reflexes that regulate the lower urinary tract may have pathways entirely within the spinal cord or may involve looped pathways coursing between the cord and the brainstem. The ascending pathways were described in Chapter 4 (see p. 115). Sensory pathways and reflex pathways are not so easily distinguished, and the pathways described for sensation may also be involved, via axon collaterals in reflex control, at any level between the spinal cord and the thalamus. Before we deal with the reflexes that regulate the activities of the lower urinary tract, we need to consider the main descending pathways within the central nervous system that influence the activities of the autonomic and Onuf’s nucleus.

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  2. The Department of Physiology, The Worksley Medical and Dental Building, The University, LS2 9NQ, Leeds, UK

    John F. B. Morrison MB, ChB, BSc, PhD (Reader in Physiology) (Reader in Physiology)

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Morrison, J.F.B. (1987). Reflex Control of 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_7

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