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The Sacral Autonomic Outflow Is Spinal, but Not "Sympathetic".

Winfried L NeuhuberElspeth MclachlanWilfrid Jänig
Published in: Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) (2017)
A recent article published in a high-profile journal proposed to reclassify the sacral autonomic outflow as being part of the sympathetic system. In this commentary, arguments against this erroneous proposal are provided. Anat Rec, 300:1369-1370, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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