Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), also known as B-type natriuretic peptide, is a hormone secreted by cardiomyocytes in the heart ventricles in response to stretching caused by increased ventricular blood volume. BNP is named as such because it was originally identified in extracts of pig brain.
How your bladder works. Your bladder is controlled by a complex system of nerves from your autonomic nervous system (parasympathetic and sympathetic), as well as by your spinal nervesare nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord, transmitting sensory and motor information to and from the brain.
Sympathetic Dominance The Autonomic Nervous regulates the internal body processes that require no conscious awareness: for example, the rate of heart contractions, the rate of breathing, amount of stomach acid secreted, and the speed at which food passes through the digestive tract.