Human Left Anterior Cingulate Stimulation Elicits a Reproducible Micturition Response.
Anterior cingulate
Case study
Epilepsy
Micturition
Stereo electroencephalography
Journal
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
ISSN: 1423-0372
Titre abrégé: Stereotact Funct Neurosurg
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 8902881
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
20
05
2019
accepted:
30
09
2019
pubmed:
22
11
2019
medline:
1
4
2020
entrez:
22
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Electrical stimulation of a brain region producing a micturition response has never previously been described in the human. This report identifies the anterior cingulate gyrus as a brain region important in the micturition response. Stereo electroencephalography was performed in a 38-year-old female with medically refractory epilepsy. The response of the left anterior cingulate from low- to high-frequency brain stimulation was tested. Stimulation within the left anterior cingulate resulted in a reproducible micturition response. The response was dependent on the frequency of stimulation (present with stimulation at 50-150 Hz and not present at 5 or 350 Hz). These results provide evidence for the presence of a region within the human left anterior cingulate gyrus involved in producing the micturition response. This may have implications in the understanding of the physiological mechanisms of willful micturition and in the treatment of bladder disorders.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31751999
pii: 000503886
doi: 10.1159/000503886
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
278-281Informations de copyright
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