Beyond neurons: Involvement of urothelial and glial cells in bladder function

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Birder, Lori A ^a   Wolf Johnston, Amanda S ^a   Chib, Manjul K ^a   Buffington, Charles A ^b   Roppolo, James R ^a   Hanna Mitchell, Ann T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder epithelium; Nerve growth hormone; Sensor function; Spinal cord astrocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NESTIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; BLADDER; BLADDER FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; UROTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; SENSATION; SUBSTANCE P; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 76049085259     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20747     Document Type: Review

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