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William C. de Groat publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William C. de Groat sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 612 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William C. de Groat D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William C. de Groat sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William C. de Groat is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on urology and related subfields. The scientist's work encompasses cellular and molecular neuroscience, rheumatology, surgery, and the endocrine and autonomic systems. The main topics covered in their research include urinary bladder and prostate research, pelvic floor disorders treatments, urological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, pain mechanisms and treatments, muscle activation and electromyography studies, as well as the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Notable recent publications by William C. de Groat include the following:

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Restoring both continence and micturition after chronic spinal cord injury by pudendal neuromodulation, 2021, Experimental Neurology
  • LPS-mediated release of ATP from urothelial cells occurs by lysosomal exocytosis, 2020, Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Effects of a new β3-adrenoceptor agonist, vibegron, on neurogenic bladder dysfunction and remodeling in mice with spinal cord injury, 2020, Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Downstream projection of Barrington's nucleus to the spinal cord in mice, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology

William C. de Groat frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Changfeng Tai
  • Jonathan M. Beckel
  • Bing Shen
  • Jicheng Wang
  • Yihua Zhong

Publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • Experimental Neurology
  • Journal of Neurophysiology

William C. de Groat was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • The neural control of micturition

    Clare J. Fowler;Derek Griffiths;William C. de Groat

  • A neurologic basis for the overactive bladder

    William C. de Groat

  • Muscarinic receptors: their distribution and function in body systems, and the implications for treating overactive bladder

    Paul Abrams;Karl Erik Andersson;Jerry J. Buccafusco;Christopher Chapple

  • Vanilloid receptor expression suggests a sensory role for urinary bladder epithelial cells.

    Lori A. Birder;Anthony J. Kanai;William C. de Groat;Susanna Kiss

  • Neural Control of the Lower Urinary Tract

    William C. de Groat;Derek Griffiths;Naoki Yoshimura

  • Organization of the sacral parasympathetic reflex pathways to the urinary bladder and large intestine

    William C. de Groat;Irving Nadelhaft;Irving Nadelhaft;Richard J. Milne;August M. Booth

  • The distribution of visceral primary afferents from the pelvic nerve to Lissauer's tract and the spinal gray matter and its relationship to the sacral parasympathetic nucleus

    Charles Morgan;Charles Morgan;Irving Nadelhaft;Irving Nadelhaft;William C. de Groat;William C. de Groat

  • Increased Excitability of Afferent Neurons Innervating Rat Urinary Bladder after Chronic Bladder Inflammation

    N Yoshimura;W C de Groat

  • Integrative control of the lower urinary tract: preclinical perspective

    William C. de Groat

  • Mechanisms of disease: involvement of the urothelium in bladder dysfunction.

    Lori A Birder;William C de Groat

  • Identification of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase in isolated cardiac mitochondria using electrochemical detection

    Anthony J. Kanai;Linda L. Pearce;Paula R. Clemens;Lori A. Birder

  • Effect of bladder outlet obstruction on micturition reflex pathways in the rat.

    William D. Steers;William C. De Groat

  • INTRAVESICAL CAPSAICIN AND RESINIFERATOXIN THERAPY: SPICING UP THE WAYS TO TREAT THE OVERACTIVE BLADDER

    Michael B. Chancellor;William C. de Groat

  • Adrenergic- and capsaicin-evoked nitric oxide release from urothelium and afferent nerves in urinary bladder

    Lori A. Birder;Gerard Apodaca;William C. De Groat;Anthony J. Kanai

  • Urethral afferent nerve activity affects the micturition reflex; implication for the relationship between stress incontinence and detrusor instability.

    Suk Young Jung;Matthew O. Fraser;Hideo Ozawa;Osamu Yokoyama

  • Afferent nerve regulation of bladder function in health and disease.

    William C. de Groat;Naoki Yoshimura

  • Sympathetic inhibition of the urinary bladder and of pelvic ganglionic transmission in the cat

    William C. de Groat;William R. Saum

  • Alterations in afferent pathways from the urinary bladder of the rat in response to partial urethral obstruction

    William D. Steers;Jonathan Ciambotti;Barbara Etzel;Susan Erdman

  • The urothelium in overactive bladder: Passive bystander or active participant?

    William C. de Groat

  • Developmental and injury induced plasticity in the micturition reflex pathway

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Yoshimura
Naoki Yoshimura University of Pittsburgh
Michael B. Chancellor
Michael B. Chancellor University of Pittsburgh
James R. Roppolo
James R. Roppolo University of Pittsburgh
Johnny Huard
Johnny Huard The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joseph C. Glorioso
Joseph C. Glorioso University of Pittsburgh
David A. Vorp
David A. Vorp University of Pittsburgh
William F. Goins
William F. Goins University of Pittsburgh
Leaf Huang
Leaf Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karl-Erik Andersson
Karl-Erik Andersson Lund University
Gerard Apodaca
Gerard Apodaca University of Pittsburgh

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