ATROPINE AND MICTURITION RESPONSES BY RATS WITH INTACT AND PARTIALLY INNERVATED BLADDER
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- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 73 (4), 837-842
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1981.tb08736.x
Abstract
1 Micturition responses by a group of 17 rats were recorded during a water diuresis. During a 2 h period, uniform volumes of urine were passed at regular intervals; the mean of the voiding responses by each animal was consistent from one water loading period to another. Residual urine volumes were physiologically insignificant. 2 Atropine treatment did not compromise seriously micturition by water-loaded rats. Treated animals micturated more frequently; the mean volume was 68% of control. The residual urine volume was equal to that of controls. 3 Several weeks after the surgical removal of half the motor innervation of the bladder, there was no significant effect on micturition. Mean voiding volumes were not different from those of controls; residual urine volumes were the same as before denervation. 4 After half the innervation of the bladder had been destroyed, the effect of atropine on micturition was enhanced. Volumes passed were 50% of control; large residual volumes remained when micturition was over. Only in this group could bladder distension be found. 5 It is concluded that functional responses of the rat urinary bladder are not only resistant to atropine but also to the sizeable reduction in the number of neuroeffector units in the bladder itself. The functional reserve of the rat bladder musculature is remarkably high when assessed by its ability to empty adequately.Keywords
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