The component reflexes of micturition in the cat Part III
The component reflexes of micturition in the cat Part III
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/64.4.239
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发表时间:
1941-01-01
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14.5
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Barrington, FJF
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Barrington, FJF
IN previous papers (Barrington, 1921'and 1931) various component reflexes of micturition in the cat were described. The second of these was evoked by running water through the urethra, gave rise to a strong contraction of the bladder and was abolished by division of either the pelvic or pudic nerves, but not by division of the hypogastric nerves. Its afferent path was therefore in the pudic nerves and its efferent in the pelvic. It was abolished by transection of the spinal cord. The second reflex can be easily demonstrated in a decerebrate, female cat having th& hypogastric nerves and the bladder neck divided and'a cannula tied into each cut end of the latter. The bladder cannula is connected with a graduated, warm-water reservoir which can be raised or lowered. The urethra cannula is connected with a vertical glass tube which can be filled with warm water to any required level: 3 cm. of the tube used had a capacity of 1 cc The bladder volume, at a given pressure, having become constant, the. pressure in the urethra tube is raised 5 cm. every two minutes until the water escapes from the external meatus and the pressure in the urethra tube falls in consequence; at this moment the bladder contracts. The pressure in the urethra tube which leads to the escape of water from the external meatus in this way is found to be commonly less than 30 cm. of water and only very rarely more than 45 cm. Subsequently a strong bladder contraction can always be obtained by suddenly putting the urethra into communication with the tube when water in it is at a slightly higher pressure than that already found to cause an escape of water from the external meatus. In making experiments in this way it was noticed that in a certain number a contraction of the bladder occurred on running water through the urethra after the pudic nerves had been cut and that in those where i Parts I and II, Brain, 1931, 5 «, 177.