title: Neurological disorders of micturition and their treatment.
abstract: An overview of the current concepts of the neurological control of the bladder is given, based on laboratory experiments and PET scanning studies in human subjects. This is followed by a description of the various causes of the neurogenic bladder, discussed in a hierarchical order starting with cortical lesions and descending through the basal ganglia and brainstem, spinal cord, conus and cauda equina to disorders of peripheral innervation. Then follows a description of the condition of isolated urinary retention in young women. The article concludes with a review of the methods available for treating neurogenic bladder disorders. These are largely medical but brief mention of appropriate surgical procedures is made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology and Institute of Urology, UCL, London, UK.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*