PELVIC NERVE INNERVATION OF THE EXTERNAL SPHINCTER OF URETHRA AS SUGGESTED BY URODYNAMIC AND HORSERADISH-PEROXIDASE STUDIES
PELVIC NERVE INNERVATION OF THE EXTERNAL SPHINCTER OF URETHRA AS SUGGESTED BY URODYNAMIC AND HORSERADISH-PEROXIDASE STUDIES
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5347(17)50511-x
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
TSUCHIDA, S
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作者:
MORITA, T;NISHIZAWA, O;TSUCHIDA, S
In view of the fact that the detrusor vesicae and external urethral sphincter perform closely synergic functions in micturition, experiments were conducted to explore the action of the pelvic efferent neurons on the external urethral sphincter. The pelvic efferent neurons are generally recognized, by urodynamic assessments and histochemical study with the technique of retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase [HRP], to innervate the vesical detrusor. In 7 of 15 adult dogs studied, the external urethral sphincter continued to show a normal synergic electromyogram pattern with enhanced electrical activity on vesical distention and disappearance of discharges on vesical contraction even after bilateral transection of the pudendal nerves. The electrical discharges ceased in the sphincter only after subsequent bilateral pelvic neurotomy. HRP-positive cells were demonstrated in the intermediolateral and intermediomedial nuclei and in the Onuf nucleus of the sacral cord in .apprx. 1/2 the dogs whose pelvic nerve was injected with the plant peroxidase. Apparently, the pelvic nerve may contain somatic fibers innervating the external urethral sphincter.