Abstract
Normal bladder function is complex, resulting from the co-operative interaction of numerous regulatory cell types, of which the interstitial cells and the peripheral neurones are particularly interesting. Collectively, these comprise the myovesical plexus, which appears to confer structural and functional characteristics on the bladder loosely akin to those of the gut. These include functional modularity, which gives rise to the potential for localised and propagating peristalsis-like movements in the bladder wall according to the prevailing physiological conditions. Localised modular activity during filling may contribute to normal generation of sensation and exaggerated modular activity may give rise to urinary urgency. Enhanced co-ordination of modular activity occurs in various models of detrusor overactivity; it leads to surges of contraction over a large part of the bladder wall, generating phasic changes in intravesical pressure. During voiding, the myovesical plexus sustains detrusor contraction at the behest of the brainstem, monitoring state of bladder fullness as it does so, as a guide to the required duration for which it has to keep up the effort. Accordingly, the bladder wall itself may house structures which rend...Continue Reading
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