Overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor in Barrington's nucleus neurons by adeno-associated viral transduction: Effects on bladder function and behavior

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3356-3364

  Mcfadden, Kile ^a   Griffin, Tagan A ^a,b   Levy, Valerie ^a   Wolfe, John H ^a,b   Valentino, Rita J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Locus coeruleus; Rat; Spinal cord; Urinary

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARRINGTON NUCLEUS; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENETIC VECTORS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84869872839     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08250.x     Document Type: Article

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