ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2008
The neural control of micturition.
Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 6 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 621 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
AMPLIFY: Amplifying Sensation in Underactive Bladder
A Multicentre Observational Study for the Evaluation in Clinical Practice of the Initial Diagnostic-therapeutic Path of Urinary Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis
The Treatment Efficacy of Prolotherapy in Bladder Voiding Dysfunction
Clinical Trial of Nettle and Cranberry Capsules for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection
Brain Activity Among Children With Overactive Bladder and Daytime Urinary Incontinence and Healthy Children, and Modulation of Brain Activity by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Noninvasive Spinal Cord Neuromodulation to Improve Lower Urinary Tract Function After Spinal Cord Injury in Ukrainian War Veterans
Who cites it
621 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,425 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spinal cord stimulation to manage autonomic dysfunction after spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- The Clinical Significance of the Subtypes of Detrusor Overactivity: A Systematic Review.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Pooled it
- Molecular Mechanism Operating in Animal Models of Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity: A Systematic Review Focusing on Bladder Dysfunction of Neurogenic Origin.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture for post-stroke urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Lower urinary tract electrical sensory assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJU international · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Robot-Assisted Gait Therapy on Urodynamic Changes in the Subacute Phase After Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Trial
- Buccal Acupuncture for Early Postoperative Catheter-Related Bladder Discomfort Following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of low-frequency repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with poststroke neurogenic bladder.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Engineering functional vasculatures to reconstruct sympathetic-parasympathetic circuits for bladder function after spinal cord injury.Bioactive materials · 2027Article
- Protocol for a prospective, single-arm pilot trial assessing the clinical and supraspinal neural effects of non-invasive transcranial neuromodulation in adults with overactive bladder.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Bladder dysfunction in parkinson's disease: An updated review and guide for the urologist.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Review
- Letter to the editor concerning "Neuromodulatory effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on post-stroke urinary retention: insights from neuroelectrophysiological assessment".Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Can DTI Evaluate Lumbosacral Plexus Nerve Integrity, and What can this Tell us About Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction? A Narrative Review.Current urology reports · 2026Review
- Cross-cultural translation and psychometric validation of the Arabic Intermittent Catheterization Adherence Scale (ICAS): a bicentric study.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- The potential of soft robotics for the restoration of urinary voiding.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Stromal innervation is prognostic in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer and predicted by a distinct microenvironmental transcriptomic signature.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Review
- Biomechanical regulation of bladder injury and repair.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Article
- Sacral Neuromodulation for Refractory Overactive Bladder: Closing the Gaps in Anatomy, Mechanisms, and Parameter Selection.Advances in therapy · 2026Review
561 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Micturition, or urination, occurs involuntarily in infants and young children until the age of 3 to 5 years, after which it is regulated voluntarily. The neural circuitry that controls this process is complex and highly distributed: it involves pathways at many levels of the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system and is mediated by multiple neurotransmitters. Diseases or injuries of the nervous system in adults can cause the re-emergence of involuntary or reflex micturition, leading to urinary incontinence. This is a major health problem, especially in those with neurological impairment. Here we review the neural control of micturition and how disruption of this control leads to abnormal storage and release of urine.
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