The Laboratory of Voiding Dysfunction
Our mission is to discover the basic cellular mechanisms underlying diseases of the lower urinary tract.
Treating symptoms is necessary but not sufficient for our patients. Until we understand the normal cellular functions of the bladder, we have little hope of understanding how diseases arise
Our investigators are performing basic research on the following: overactive bladder, urinary retention, diabetic bladder dysfunction, ketamine cystitis and brain injury (from dementia to Alzheimers to Parkinsons, to head trauma)
We use mice to perform pre-clinical research designed to:
shed light on normal bladder functions,
define the important pathways which when perturbed, cause symptoms,
identify which parts of the bladder and which cells are affected,
thereby leading to new drug targets,
and new therapeutic approaches!
Treating symptoms is necessary but not sufficient for our patients. Until we understand the normal cellular functions of the bladder, we have little hope of understanding how diseases arise
Our investigators are performing basic research on the following: overactive bladder, urinary retention, diabetic bladder dysfunction, ketamine cystitis and brain injury (from dementia to Alzheimers to Parkinsons, to head trauma)
We use mice to perform pre-clinical research designed to:
shed light on normal bladder functions,
define the important pathways which when perturbed, cause symptoms,
identify which parts of the bladder and which cells are affected,
thereby leading to new drug targets,
and new therapeutic approaches!