Taming the cannabinoids: New potential in the pharmacologic control of lower urinary tract dysfunction

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-109

  Apostolidis, Apostolos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE INHIBITOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 55; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MICTURITION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT GLOBAL IMPRESSION OF CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 82255179350     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.09.025     Document Type: Editorial

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