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Daniel Sanchez-Almanzar, MD Dr. Sanchez-Almanzar hails from Bogota, Colombia and graduated with his MD from Universidad de Los Andes in 2021. “I have always had a great interest in urology, and during my last year in medical school I had the opportunity to work in projects on congenital...

What is the autonomic nervous system? ​ The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are two parts of the autonomic nervous system that control involuntary body functions, and organs like the kidney. The sympathetic system prepares the body for "fight or flight" responses during stress, while...

Prior work by others suggests that renal nerves arise from several neuron subpopulations in sympathetic ganglia. It is possible that these specific subpopulations of neurons, as well as the CNS circuits that innervate them selectively control tubular transport, glomerular filtration rate or renin...