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James R. Roppolo is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around medical fields, with a strong focus on urology and related subfields.

Their scholarly output includes studies published in a variety of scientific journals. Recent papers by Roppolo cover topics related to urinary and nervous system function, reflecting ongoing investigations in neuromodulation and bladder control mechanisms.

  • Restoring both continence and micturition after chronic spinal cord injury by pudendal neuromodulation, 2021, Experimental Neurology
  • Prolonged nonobstructive urinary retention induced by tibial nerve stimulation in cats, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Thermal block of mammalian unmyelinated C fibers by local cooling to 15-25°C after a brief heating at 45°C, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Additive Inhibition of Reflex Bladder Activity Induced by Bilateral Pudendal Neuromodulation in Cats, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors throughout these works include William C. de Groat, Changfeng Tai, Jicheng Wang, Katherine Shapiro, and Bing Shen, indicating collaboration patterns in neurology and urology research domains.

Their publications appear in a range of venues, with multiple articles in these journals:

  • Experimental Neurology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Roppolo's research spans several medical subfields such as:

  • Urology
  • Rheumatology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Epidemiology

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Infrared Thermography in Medicine

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms underlying the recovery of urinary bladder function following spinal cord injury

    W.C. de Groat;M. Kawatani;T. Hisamitsu;C.-L. Cheng

  • Developmental and injury induced plasticity in the micturition reflex pathway

    William C de Groat;Isao Araki;Margaret A Vizzard;Mitsuharu Yoshiyama

  • Feline interstitial cystitis results in mechanical hypersensitivity and altered ATP release from bladder urothelium.

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  • Neural Control of Urethral Outlet Activity in Vivo: Role of Nitric Oxide

    B.C. Bennett;M.N. Kruse;J.R. Roppolo;H.D. Flood

  • Alterations in P2X and P2Y purinergic receptor expression in urinary bladder from normal cats and cats with interstitial cystitis.

    L. A. Birder;H. Z. Ruan;B. Chopra;Z. Xiang

  • Transneuronal labeling of neurons in the adult rat brainstem and spinal cord after injection of pseudorabies virus into the urethra

    M A Vizzard;V L Erickson;J P Card;J R Roppolo

  • Pontine control of the urinary bladder and external urethral sphincter in the rat.

    M.N. Kruse;H. Noto;J.R. Roppolo;W.C. de Groat

  • Excitatory and inhibitory influences on bladder activity elicited by electrical stimulation in the pontine micturition center in the rat.

    H. Noto;J.R. Roppolo;W.D. Steers;W.C. de Groat

  • Pharmacological modulation of the pontine micturition center.

    B.S. Mallory;J.R. Roppolo;W.C. de Groat

  • The organization of pudendal motoneurons and primary afferent projections in the spinal cord of the rhesus monkey revealed by horseradish peroxidase

    J. R. Roppolo;I. Nadelhaft;I. Nadelhaft;W. C. De Groat

  • Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons and visceral primary afferents in monkey sacral spinal cord revealed following application of horseradish peroxidase to pelvic nerve.

    I. Nadelhaft;I. Nadelhaft;J. Roppolo;C. Morgan;W. C. de Groat

  • Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in the sacral spinal cord

    W.C. de Groat;A.M. Booth;R.J. Milne;J.R. Roppolo

  • Simulation analysis of conduction block in unmyelinated axons induced by high-frequency biphasic electrical currents

    Changfeng Tai;W.C. de Groat;J.R. Roppolo

  • The role of neuropeptides in the sacral autonomic reflex pathways of the cat.

    W.C. de Groat;M. Kawatani;T. Hisamitsu;I. Lowe

  • Electrophysiological analysis of the ascending and descending components of the micturition reflex pathway in the rat

    H. Noto;J.R. Roppolo;W.D. Steers;W.C. de Groat

  • Mechanism of Nerve Conduction Block Induced by High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Currents

    Xu Zhang;J.R. Roppolo;W.C. de Groat;Changfeng Tai

  • Block of external urethral sphincter contraction by high frequency electrical stimulation of pudendal nerve.

    Changfeng Tai;James R. Roppolo;William C. de Groat

  • Differential localization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity and NADPH-diaphorase activity in the cat spinal cord.

    M. A. Vizzard;S. L. Erdman;J. R. Roppolo;U. Förstermann

  • Cortical information processing of stimulus motion on primate skin.

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  • Alteration by urethane of glutamatergic control of micturition.

    M Yoshiyama;J R Roppolo;W C De Groat

  • Localization of NADPH diaphorase in the lumbosacral spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of the cat.

    Margaret A. Vizzard;Susan L. Erdman;Vickie L. Erickson;Robert J. Stewart

  • Simulation of nerve block by high-frequency sinusoidal electrical current based on the Hodgkin-Huxley model

    Changfeng Tai;W.C. de Groat;J.R. Roppolo

  • Bladder inhibition or voiding induced by pudendal nerve stimulation in chronic spinal cord injured cats.

    Changfeng Tai;Jicheng Wang;Xianchun Wang;William C. de Groat

  • Spinal reflex control of micturition after spinal cord injury

    Changfeng Tai;James R Roppolo;William C de Groat

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald F. Gebhart
Gerald F. Gebhart University of Pittsburgh
J. Patrick Card
J. Patrick Card University of Pittsburgh

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