Viscero-somatic reflexes following distension of urinary bladder in cats: role of supraspinal neuraxis.
Viscero-somatic reflexes have been studied by recording monosynaptic reflexes following distension of the urinary bladder in intact, decerebrate and spinal animals. It was observed that the viscero-somatic responses following bladder distension are inhibitory in nature and this inhibition was highest in decerebrates and least in spinal animals. The site of viscero-somatic interaction probably lies in the bulbar area (supraspinal) and spinal cord.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003655:Decerebrate State; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D012023:Reflex, Monosynaptic; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*