The pelvic organs receive no parasympathetic innervation
Margaux Sivori, Bowen Dempsey, Zoubida Chettouh, Franck Boismoreau, Maïlys Ayerdi, Annaliese Nucharee Eymael, Sylvain Baulande, Sonia Lameiras, Fanny Coulpier, Olivier Delattre, Hermann Rohrer, Olivier Mirabeau, Jean‐François Brunet
The paper uses single-cell RNA sequencing to show that the mouse pelvic ganglion contains neurons distinct from both sympathetic and parasympathetic types, and that pelvic organs are innervated by a divergent sympathetic pathway, not parasympathetic or typical sympathetic neurons.
eLife · Oct 17, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience