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From urothelial signalling to experiencing a sensation related to the urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Birder L.,
Wyndaele J.J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta physiologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.591
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1748-1716
pISSN - 1748-1708
DOI - 10.1111/apha.12011
Subject(s) - sensation , urothelium , urinary bladder , medicine , sensory system , urinary system , coding (social sciences) , urology , psychology , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics
The mechanisms underlying bladder sensation and the way we experience sensations during normal voiding and in pathology is complex and not well understood. During storage and emptying, mechanical changes occurring in number of cell types within the bladder wall (i.e. the uroepithelium and bladder afferents) can have a major influence on our sensory systems. In this review, we discuss bladder sensation with a focus on coding events in the periphery.