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Neuropeptides in Bladder and Urinary Tract Function: The Neural Peptide Control System

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The takeaway

Neuropeptides (substance P, CGRP, VIP, NPY) regulate lower urinary tract function including bladder contractility, urine storage, and micturition, with implications for overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis treatment.

Key finding

Neuropeptides (substance P, CGRP, VIP, NPY) regulate lower urinary tract function including bladder contractility, urine storage, and micturition, wit

What the researchers found

Neuropeptides (substance P, CGRP, VIP, NPY) regulate lower urinary tract function including bladder contractility, urine storage, and micturition, with implications for overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis treatment.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Neuropeptides in Bladder and Urinary Tract Function: The Neural Peptide Control System
What was found?
Neuropeptides (substance P, CGRP, VIP, NPY) regulate lower urinary tract function including bladder contractility, urine storage, and micturition, with implications for overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis treatment.

Read the original research

Neuropeptides in lower urinary tract function.

Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 395-423

Citation

Arms, Lauren; Vizzard, Margaret A. (2011). Neuropeptides in lower urinary tract function.. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 395-423. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_19