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Neurosci."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>While it is well known that the sensory arm of the micturition reflex is mediated by A-\u03b4 afferents in the pelvic nerve, the urinary bladder is also innervated by afferents in the hypogastric nerve (HGN), whose role in micturition is less well understood. We have recently determined that stimulation of HGN afferents can facilitate nociceptive bladder activity in the cat induced by intravesical instillation of acetic acid. The aim of the present study, then, was to determine if activation of HGN afferents could similarly facilitate normal bladder activity in the cat, evoked by saline distension. Additional experiments examined if HGN stimulation could modulate the inhibitory effects of tibial or pudendal neuromodulation on bladder capacity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Continuous infusion cystometry was performed in 9 (4 male, 5 female) \u03b1-chloralose anesthetized cats in which the HGNs were transected bilaterally. Bipolar electrodes were used to stimulate the central end of the cut HGNs at varying intensities (1-15\u202fV) and frequencies (1-40\u202fHz) during bladder filling with saline (1-2\u202fml\/min) until a micturition contraction occurred. Tripolar cuff electrodes were also placed on the left pudendal and left tibial nerve to examine the effect of neuromodulation on bladder capacity during cystometry.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hypogastric nerve stimulation (HGNS) at 30\u202fHz and 15\u202fV significantly reduced bladder capacity to 80.01\u202f\u00b1\u202f3.86% of control. Tibial or pudendal nerve stimulation (5\u202fHz, 2\u202fT) significantly increased bladder capacity to 187.6\u202f\u00b1\u202f20.2% or 193.8\u202f\u00b1\u202f19.0% of control, respectively. Simultaneous HGNS significantly reduced the efficacy of tibial nerve neuromodulation (reduced to 158.7\u202f\u00b1\u202f18.7% of control) and but only partially suppressed the bladder inhibition induced by pudendal neuromodulation (reduced to 161.9\u202f\u00b1\u202f18.0% of control).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results suggest that HGN afferents (possibly C-fiber nociceptors) from the bladder or other pelvic organs may facilitate normal bladder activity to cause bladder overactivity. 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