Steven Petrou

Truncation of the GABA(A)-receptor gamma2 subunit in a family with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus.

Rate of recurrent stress urinary incontinence after retropubic urethrolysis.

Martius flap harvest site: patient self-perception.

Release of mitochondrial Ca2+ via the permeability transition activates endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake.

Pore formation is not associated with macroscopic redistribution of P2X7 receptors.

Fatty acid augmentation of the cardiac slowly activating delayed rectifier current (IKs) is conferred by hminK.

Treatment of postprostatectomy incontinence: is the bulbourethral sling a viable alternative to the artificial urinary sphincter?

Modulation of BK(Ca) channel activity by fatty acids: structural requirements and mechanism of action.

Site of action of fatty acids and other charged lipids on BKCa channels from arterial smooth muscle cells.

Altered kinetics and benzodiazepine sensitivity of a GABAA receptor subunit mutation [gamma 2(R43Q)] found in human epilepsy.

P2X7 receptor cell surface expression and cytolytic pore formation are regulated by a distal C-terminal region.

An Ile-568 to Asn polymorphism prevents normal trafficking and function of the human P2X7 receptor.

Channelopathies as a genetic cause of epilepsy.

Artificial urethral sphincter for incontinence in adults.

Glucose transporter GLUT12-functional characterization in Xenopus laevis oocytes.

Trospium chloride: a quaternary amine with unique pharmacologic properties.

GABRD encoding a protein for extra- or peri-synaptic GABAA receptors is a susceptibility locus for generalized epilepsies.

An Arg307 to Gln polymorphism within the ATP-binding site causes loss of function of the human P2X7 receptor.

Conservative management of incidental contrast-enhancing renal masses as safe alternative to invasive therapy.

Acute urinary retention after transperineal template-guided prostate biopsy.

A brachytherapy template approach to standardize saturation prostatic biopsy.

Ureteral endometriosis and coexistent urethral leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman.

Urinary urgency and frequency, and chronic urethral and/or pelvic pain in females. Can doxycycline help?

Does Valsalva leak point pressure predict outcome after the distal urethral polypropylene sling? Role of urodynamics in the sling era.

The urologist's guide to genital piercing.

Incontinent ileovesicostomy in the management of neurogenic bladder dysfunction.

Early results of pubovaginal sling lysis by midline sling incision.

Long-term results of Ingelman-Sundberg denervation procedures for urge incontinence refractory to medical therapy.

Outcome of the artificial urinary sphincter in female patients.

Sexual function after using tension-free vaginal tape for the surgical treatment of genuine stress incontinence.

Does post-voiding residual volume get less as mobility improves in a rehabilitation ward for older adults?

Systematic transperineal ultrasound-guided template biopsy of the prostate: three-year experience.

SCN1A mutations and epilepsy.

Urethral bulking agents: imaging review.

Ion transport blockers inhibit human rhinovirus 2 release.

Long-term urinary continence rates after simple sling incision for relief of urinary retention following fascia lata pubovaginal slings.

A Thr357 to Ser polymorphism in homozygous and compound heterozygous subjects causes absent or reduced P2X7 function and impairs ATP-induced mycobacterial killing by macrophages.

Multiple molecular mechanisms for a single GABAA mutation in epilepsy.

Orthotopic ureterocele masquerading as a bladder tumor in a woman with pelvic pain.

Human epilepsies: interaction of genetic and acquired factors.

Simple aspiration technique to address voiding dysfunction associated with transurethral injection of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer.

Febrile seizures: traffic slows in the heat.

The mechanism of carbamazepine aggravation of absence seizures.

Does indigo carmine prevent early artificial urinary sphincter cuff erosion?

Temporal lobe epilepsy and GEFS+ phenotypes associated with SCN1B mutations.

An exploration into patient preference for injectable therapy over surgery in the treatment of female urinary incontinence.

Do clinical or urodynamic parameters predict artificial urinary sphincter outcome in post-radical prostatectomy incontinence?

A childhood epilepsy mutation reveals a role for developmentally regulated splicing of a sodium channel.

Bulking agent induced early urethral prolapse after distal urethrectomy.

Nicotine-induced dystonic arousal complex in a mouse line harboring a human autosomal-dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy mutation.

Reduced cortical inhibition in a mouse model of familial childhood absence epilepsy.

Amiloride derivatives inhibit coxsackievirus B3 RNA replication.

Increased thalamic inhibition in the absence seizure prone DBA/2J mouse.

Searching for functional genetic variants in non-coding DNA.

Oxcarbazepine, not its active metabolite, potentiates GABAA activation and aggravates absence seizures.

Developmental impact of a familial GABAA receptor epilepsy mutation.

Mechanisms of human inherited epilepsies.

Case for realistic modeling in understanding seizures.

Cocaine-mediated synaptic potentiation is absent in VTA neurons from mGlu5-deficient mice.

Botulinum a toxin/dimethyl sulfoxide bladder instillations for women with refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity: a phase 1/2 study.

Mossy fiber sprouting interacts with sodium channel mutations to increase dentate gyrus excitability.

Heat opens axon initial segment sodium channels: a febrile seizure mechanism?

Prediction by modeling that epilepsy may be caused by very small functional changes in ion channels.

An epilepsy-related region in the GABA(A) receptor mediates long-distance effects on GABA and benzodiazepine binding sites.

Electroresection and open surgery.

Brain uptake of diazepam and phenytoin in a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy.

Molecular correlates of age-dependent seizures in an inherited neonatal-infantile epilepsy.

Axon initial segment dysfunction in epilepsy.

Augmented currents of an HCN2 variant in patients with febrile seizure syndromes.

Axon initial segment dysfunction in a mouse model of genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus.

New therapeutic opportunities in epilepsy: a genetic perspective.

Design, synthesis, and subtype selectivity of 3,6-disubstituted β-carbolines at Bz/GABA(A)ergic receptors. SAR and studies directed toward agents for treatment of alcohol abuse.

Low blood glucose precipitates spike-and-wave activity in genetically predisposed animals.

Temperature elevation increases GABA(A) -mediated cortical inhibition in a mouse model of genetic epilepsy.

Robotic-assisted bladder diverticulectomy: tips and tricks.

A perspective on communicating with the female patient.

HCN channelopathies: pathophysiology in genetic epilepsy and therapeutic implications.

The evaluation and treatment of nocturia: a consensus statement.

Segmentation of the mouse hippocampal formation in magnetic resonance images.

Amiloride is a competitive inhibitor of coxsackievirus B3 RNA polymerase.

P2X(7) is a scavenger receptor for apoptotic cells in the absence of its ligand, extracellular ATP.

P2X7 receptor-mediated scavenger activity of mononuclear phagocytes toward non-opsonized particles and apoptotic cells is inhibited by serum glycoproteins but remains active in cerebrospinal fluid.

Neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells extend long-distance axonal projections through growth along host white matter tracts after intra-cerebral transplantation.

Viral targets of acylguanidines.

Dorsal vaginal graft urethroplasty for female urethral stricture disease.

Segmentation of the C57BL/6J mouse cerebellum in magnetic resonance images.

Sodium channels and the neurobiology of epilepsy.

MRI-guided volume reconstruction of mouse brain from histological sections.

Genetic and pharmacological modulation of giant depolarizing potentials in the neonatal hippocampus associates with increased seizure susceptibility.

Robotic assisted laparoscopic repair of vesico-vaginal fistula: the extravesical approach.

Missense mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel gene KCNT1 cause severe autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

Triheptanoin reduces seizure susceptibility in a syndrome-specific mouse model of generalized epilepsy.

Two lines of transgenic mice expressing cre-recombinase exhibit increased seizure susceptibility.

Glucose transporter 1 deficiency in the idiopathic generalized epilepsies.

Perturbations in cortical development and neuronal network excitability arising from prenatal exposure to benzodiazepines in mice.

Hippocampal volume and cell density changes in a mouse model of human genetic epilepsy.

Network-specific mechanisms may explain the paradoxical effects of carbamazepine and phenytoin.

Axon initial segment structural plasticity in animal models of genetic and acquired epilepsy.

Sequencing studies in human genetics: design and interpretation.

Voiding chain cystourethography: assessing a historical test's role in selection for urethrolysis.

Visualization of mouse barrel cortex using ex-vivo track density imaging.

A quantitative method for measuring innate phagocytosis by human monocytes using real-time flow cytometry.

Low glycaemic index diet reduces seizure susceptibility in a syndrome-specific mouse model of generalized epilepsy.

Spike-and-wave discharge mediated reduction in hippocampal HCN1 channel function associates with learning deficits in a genetic mouse model of epilepsy.

KCNT1 gain of function in 2 epilepsy phenotypes is reversed by quinidine.

Enhanced in vitro CA1 network activity in a sodium channel β1(C121W) subunit model of genetic epilepsy.

A variant of KCC2 from patients with febrile seizures impairs neuronal Cl- extrusion and dendritic spine formation.

Reduced dendritic arborization and hyperexcitability of pyramidal neurons in a Scn1b-based model of Dravet syndrome.

Epilepsy, energy deficiency and new therapeutic approaches including diet.

Mapping somatosensory connectivity in adult mice using diffusion MRI tractography and super-resolution track density imaging.

The impact of site of graduate medical education training and other factors on physician employee retention.

'Neonatal' Nav1.2 reduces neuronal excitability and affects seizure susceptibility and behaviour.

A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy.

Sodium channel β1 subunit localizes to axon initial segments of excitatory and inhibitory neurons and shows regional heterogeneity in mouse brain.

Oxcarbazepine and its active metabolite, (S)-licarbazepine, exacerbate seizures in a mouse model of genetic generalized epilepsy.

A functional correlate of severity in alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

PBT2 inhibits glutamate-induced excitotoxicity in neurons through metal-mediated preconditioning.

Cortical alterations in a model for absence epilepsy and febrile seizures: in vivo findings in mice carrying a human GABA(A)R gamma2 subunit mutation.

Cortical microarchitecture changes in genetic epilepsy.

Single Nucleotide Variations in CLCN6 Identified in Patients with Benign Partial Epilepsies in Infancy and/or Febrile Seizures.

Mutations in the GABA Transporter SLC6A1 Cause Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures.

Comparison of OnabotulinumtoxinA Intradetrusor Injection Needle Performance with Modern Flexible Cystoscopes.

A rare P2X7 variant Arg307Gln with absent pore formation function protects against neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis.

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