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  • Title: Nocturnal enuresis and the pontine reticular formation.
    Author: Kohyama J, Kumada S, Shimohira M, Araki S, Itoh M, Iwakawa Y.
    Journal: Eur Urol; 2000 Nov; 38(5):631-4. PubMed ID: 11096249.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To assess the previously proposed hypothesis that enuretic patients have a dysfunction in the pontine reticular formation. METHODS: In 18 patients with intractable nocturnal enuresis, rapid eye movement (REM)-related phasic chin muscle activity loss in REM sleep was examined by means of a single-night polysomnography. RESULTS: In 5 of 18 patients, this physiologically seen phenomenon was found to be disturbed. CONCLUSIONS: Since REM-related phasic chin muscle activity loss is disturbed by the functional impairment in the pontine reticular formation, some enuretic patients could be considered as presenting a dysfunction in this structure.
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