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The Sacral Autonomic Outflow Is Spinal, but Not “Sympathetic”
Author(s) -
Neuhuber Winfried,
Mclachlan Elspeth,
Jänig Wilfrid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the anatomical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1932-8494
pISSN - 1932-8486
DOI - 10.1002/ar.23600
Subject(s) - outflow , autonomic nervous system , sympathetic innervation , medicine , psychology , geology , heart rate , oceanography , blood pressure
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.
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