'Transient contractions' in urinary bladder may lead to therapeutic interventions for bladder dysfunction

(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers at the University of Vermont College of Medicine have made a discovery that helps explain how we know when to empty our bladders and may lead to new therapeutic interventions for bladder dysfunction. The study, 'Transient contractions of urinary bladder smooth muscle are drivers of afferent nerve activity during filling,' by Thomas J. Heppner et al., appears in the April issue of The Journal of General Physiology.