An Electrophysiologycal Study on Effects of the Central Nervous System on the Bladder Movement

Abstract

An electrophysiological study was made on how the bladder movement was affected in unanesthetized rabbits when electric stimuli were given on the brainstem reticular formation (RF), the thalamus (VA, RET and VL) and the limbic system (the septum, the amygdala and the pyriform cortex). Furthermore, lower urinary tract dysfunction in patients with cerebrovascular disorders was compared with the finding obtained in the animal experiment. The results were as follows.