Where is TRPV1 expressed in the bladder, do we see the real channel?

Wouter Everaerts1, M Rosario Sepúlveda, Thomas Gevaert

  • 1Department of Surgery, Laboratory of Experimental Urology, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Bus 7003, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. wouter.everaerts@med.kuleuven.be

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