Muscle, Matrix, and Bladder Function

The Clinical Relevance of Basic Science: A Surgeon’s Perspective.- Bladder Outlet Obstruction - Overview.- Bladder Function in Experimental Outlet Obstruction: Pharmacologic Responses to Alterations in Innervation, Energetics, Calcium Mobilization, and Genetics.- Electrical Properties of Obstructed Guinea Pig Bladder.- Metabolism of Detrusor Smooth Muscle in Normal and Obstructed Urinary Bladder.- The Neuronal Response to Bladder Outlet Obstruction, a Role for NGF.- Contractile Proteins and Their Response to Bladder Outlet Obstruction.- Molecular Aspects of Bladder Outlet Obstruction.- Bladder Outlet Obstruction - Discussion.- Developmental Physiology - Overview.- Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Physiology: In Vivo Studies.- Fetal Bovine Compliance Changes.- Developmental Aspects of Excitation Contraction Coupling in Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle.- Congential Bladder Obstruction: Research Strategies and Directions.- Developmental Bladder Physiology - Discussion.- Extracellular Matrix Update - Overview.- Is Collagen Remodeling Associated with Bladder Obstruction?.- Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases during Extracellular Matrix Turnover.- Elastic Fibers and Their Role in Bladder Extracellular Matrix.- The Collagens and Their Urologic Implications.- Extracellular Matrix Update - Discussion.- Changes in Bladder Extracellular Matrix - Overview.- Matrix Changes in the Bladder Associated With Normal Aging.- The Role of Proteoglycans in Bladder Structure and function.- Cultured Mechanical Bladder Cells and Their Response to Mechanical Strain.- Alterations in Extracellular Matrix Gene Expression in Normal Versus Non-Compliant Human Bladders.- Changes in Bladder Extracellular Matrix - Discussion.- Regenerative Bladder Augmentation: A Review of the Initial Preclinical Studieswith Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa.- The Effects of High Urinary Potassium Concentration of Pelvic Nerve Mechanoreceptors and “Silent” Afferents From the Rat Bladder.- Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes in Normal, Fetal, and Gravid Rabbit Bladder, Heart, and Uterus.- Fetal Bovine Bladder Physiology and Pharmacology.- Two Mathematical Models Predict the Variation in Capacity and Compliance of Hypertrophied Bladders.- The Effects of Cholinergic Stimulation on Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells.- Autologous Periurethral Fat Injections for the Creation of Bladder Outlet Obstruction.- Participants and Faculty.