University of Missouri-Columbia · BiologyHou Neuroplasticity Lab
Shaoping Hou · Columbia, Missouri
Research Focus
Dr. Shaoping Hou's lab at the University of Missouri-Columbia focuses on understanding how specific dopamine receptors in the spinal cord affect bladder control after spinal cord injuries. They investigate how these receptors can change in response to injury and how stimulating them might help restore urinary function. By using various experimental techniques, the lab aims to develop potential new treatments for urinary disorders that arise from spinal cord injuries.
dopamine receptorsspinal cord injurymicturition reflexneuroplasticitytherapeutic targets
Research Aims
3AIM 01Investigate how spinal D1-D2 receptor heteromers regulate the micturition reflex after spinal cord injury.
AIM 02Determine how stimulating D1 and D2 receptors affects heteromer formation and urinary function in SCI rats.
AIM 03Explore the intracellular signaling pathways involved in the regulation of micturition function in response to D1-D2 receptor activation.
Skills the Lab Values
co-immunoprecipitationWestern blottingquantitative PCRin situ hybridizationfunctional recordings
Output against the department
Publications54bottom 13% of dept.896th of 1,033
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Citations2.0kbottom 14% of dept.886th of 1,033
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