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Thomas R. Swift, MD
Department of Neurology Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA 30912

Arch Neurol. 1989;46(6):606.

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To the Editor.

—In their otherwise excellent review of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the authors¹ incorrectly refer to neurons in Onuf's nucleus as being parasympathetic. These neurons are probably a special class of somatic motor neurons and innervate the striated muscles of the anal and urethral sphincters.² The sacral parasympathetic neurons are situated more dorsally in the intermediolateral cell column. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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