Expression of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) in human, mouse, and rat urinary bladder and effects of faah inhibition on bladder function in awake rats

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-106

  Strittmatter, Frank ^a,b   Gandaglia, Giorgio ^c   Benigni, Fabio ^c   Bettiga, Arianna ^c   Rigatti, Patrizio ^c   Montorsi, Francesco ^c   Gratzke, Christian ^a   Stief, Christian ^a   Colciago, Giorgia ^c   Hedlund, Petter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology ^*  (Sweden)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CB1; CB2; Cystometry; Endocannabinoid; Enzyme; Intravesical; mRNA; Mucosa; Protein

Indexed keywords

5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; OLEOYLETHYLAMIDE; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; AGED; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORNANES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OLEIC ACIDS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 82255162759     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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