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ReviewJournal of exercise rehabilitation2021

Sophisticated regulation of micturition: review of basic neurourology.

Chung Lyul Lee, Jaegeun Lee, Jong Mok Park, Hyun Seok Na, Ju Hyun Shin, Yong Gil Na, Khae Hawn Kim

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Review in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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 · 2026
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  3. Urinary dysfunction in spinal meningiomas: a significant disease severity marker in a cohort of 165 patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  5. Long-term impact of gastrointestinal risk stratification management on perioperative digestive complications in elderly osteoporotic vertebral fracture patients: a 10-year interrupted time series study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chung Lyul LeeDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Jaegeun LeeDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Sejong, Korea.
Jong Mok ParkDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Sejong, Korea.
Hyun Seok NaDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Ju Hyun ShinDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Yong Gil NaDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Sejong, Korea.
Khae Hawn KimDepartment of Urology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Sejong, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-8004
Chungnam National University · KRChungnam National University Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurological regulation of the lower urinary tract can be viewed separately from the perspective of sensory neurons and motor neurons. First, in the receptors of the bladder and urethra of sensory nerves, sensations are transmitted through the periaqueductal gray matter of the midbrain to the cerebral cortex, and the cerebrum goes through the process of decision-making. Motor neurons are divided into upper motor neurons (UMNs) and lower motor neurons (LMNs). UMNs coordinate storage and micturition in the brain stem so that synergic voiding can occur. LMNs facilitate muscle contractions in the spinal cord. The muscles involved in urinary storage and micturition are innervated by the somatic branches of sympathetic, parasympathetic, and peripheral nerves. Sympathetic nerves are responsible for contractions of urethral smooth muscles, while parasympathetic nerves originate from S2-S4 and are in charge of contractions of the bladder muscle. Somatic nerves originate from the motor neurons in Onuf's nucleus, which is a specific part of somatic nerves. In this review, we will investigate the structures of the nervous systems related to the lower urinary tract and the regulatory system of innervation for the urinary storage and micturition and discuss the clinical significance and future prospects of neurourological research.

Indexed as

Lower urinary tractMicturition centerNeurourologyUrinary storage

Identifiers

PMID34805017
PMCPMC8566102
OpenAlexW3210582337

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