The Sacral Autonomic Outflow Is Spinal, but Not "Sympathetic".
A recent article published in a high-profile journal proposed to reclassify the sacral autonomic outflow as being part of the sympathetic system. In this commentary, arguments against this erroneous proposal are provided. Anat Rec, 300:1369-1370, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Anatomie 1, Krankenhausstrasse 9, Erlangen, Germany.
Winfried
0000-0003-1387-4682
W
Neuhuber
Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Elspeth
E
Mclachlan
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Medizinische Fakultät, Physiologisches Institut, Olshausenstrasse 40, Kiel, Germany.
Wilfrid
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Jänig
D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012447:Sacrum / Q000502:physiology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
autonomic nervous system; parasympathetic; pelvic organ innervation; sympathetic