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Bladder Control: Role of Higher Levels of the Central Nervous System

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The Physiology of the Lower Urinary Tract

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During the last 150 years many investigators have attempted to study the central pathways which control micturition in humans and in animals; these results suggest that control over the bladder and sphincters is organized in different areas of the cortex and at various levels of the nervous system, the lowest of which is the spinal cord. The precise roles of many supraspinal sites in the regulation of the bladder are uncertain, and different workers interpret their results in different ways.

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    Michael Torrens MB, BS, MPhil, ChM, FRCS (Consultant Neurosurgeon) (Consultant Neurosurgeon)

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

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Morrison, J.F.B. (1987). Bladder Control: Role of Higher Levels of the Central Nervous System. 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_8

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