Plasticity at Synapses in the Lower Urinary Tract

Somogyi, George T.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01DK045741-03
• Application #: 2016591
• Study Section: Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section (SAT)
• Project Start: 1994-09-30
• Project End: 1998-03-31
• Budget Start: 1996-09-16
• Budget End: 1998-03-31
• Support Year: 3
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Pittsburgh
• Department: Pharmacology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 053785812
• City: Pittsburgh
• State: PA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 15213

Publications

Vemulakonda, Vijaya M; Somogyi, George T; Kiss, Susanna et al. (2005) Inhibitory effect of intravesically applied botulinum toxin A in chronic bladder inflammation. J Urol 173:621-4

Lai, H Henry; Boone, Timothy B; Yang, Guang et al. (2004) Loss of caveolin-1 expression is associated with disruption of muscarinic cholinergic activities in the urinary bladder. Neurochem Int 45:1185-93

Khera, Mohit; Somogyi, George T; Kiss, Susanna et al. (2004) Botulinum toxin A inhibits ATP release from bladder urothelium after chronic spinal cord injury. Neurochem Int 45:987-93

Szell, Eniko A; Somogyi, George T; de Groat, William C et al. (2003) Developmental changes in spontaneous smooth muscle activity in the neonatal rat urinary bladder. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285:R809-16

Somogyi, George T; Zernova, Ganna V; Yoshiyama, Mitsuharu et al. (2003) Change in muscarinic modulation of transmitter release in the rat urinary bladder after spinal cord injury. Neurochem Int 43:73-7

Smith, Christopher P; Boone, Timothy B; de Groat, William C et al. (2003) Effect of stimulation intensity and botulinum toxin isoform on rat bladder strip contractions. Brain Res Bull 61:165-71

Somogyi, George T; Yokoyama, Teruhiko; Szell, Eniko A et al. (2002) Effect of cryoinjury on the contractile parameters of bladder strips: a model of impaired detrusor contractility. Brain Res Bull 59:23-8

Sculptoreanu, A; Yoshimura, N; de Groat, W C et al. (2001) Protein kinase C is involved in M1-muscarinic receptor-mediated facilitation of L-type Ca2+ channels in neurons of the major pelvic ganglion of the adult male rat. Neurochem Res 26:933-42

Yamamoto, T; Ghosh, R; De Groat, W C et al. (2001) Facilitation of transmitter release in the urinary bladders of neonatal and adult rats via alpha1-adrenoceptors. Eur J Pharmacol 414:31-5

Szell, E A; Yamamoto, T; de Groat, W C et al. (2000) Smooth muscle and parasympathetic nerve terminals in the rat urinary bladder have different subtypes of alpha(1) adrenoceptors. Br J Pharmacol 130:1685-91