The lower urinary tract is innervated by a complex system of autonomic and somatic nerves, the former of which control the smooth muscle of the bladder and the urethra and the latter of which activate ...

THE purpose of this paper is to report on the clinical significance of a little known, but constantly occurring, phenomenon in high spinal-cord lesions. Mass sympathetic discharge, occurring either in ...

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent signaling. These nerves carry messages between the bladder and spinal cord, and ...

We all know that feeling when nature calls – but what’s far less understood is the psychology behind it. Why, for example, do we get the urge to pee just before getting into the shower, or when we’re ...

Neurogenic bladder is a loss of bladder control caused by damage to the nerve supply of the bladder. The damage can involve the brain, the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, or any combination thereof.

Presented at the eighty-second meeting of the New England Branch of the American Urological Association, March 3, 1938. From the Department of Urology, Charles Godwin Jennings Hospital, Detroit, ...

Bladder spasms happen when your bladder muscles tighten or contract. This may give you the urge to urinate more often. The term “bladder spasm” is often used synonymously with overactive bladder (OAB) ...