Full Professor with Tenure
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Gulph Mills, PA, USA
Mibhael R. Ruggieri, Sr., Ph.D. is fulll Professor with Tenure in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Plysiologist/Pharmacologist with interest in smooth muscle physiology, chronic pelvic pain and currently involved with translational studies in bladder, urethra and anal sphincter reinnervation. Representative publications:
126. Ruggieri, Sr., M.R. Cannabinoids: Potential targets for bladder dysfunction. K.‐E. Andersson and M.C. Michel (eds.), Urinary Tract, Handbook Exp. Pharmacol. 202,425-451, 2011. PMID: 21290238.
131. Brown, J.M., Barbe, M.F., Albo, M.E. and Ruggieri, Sr., M.R. Anatomic feasibility of restoring bladder capacity and voiding following proximal spinal cord injury using a femoral branch to bilateral pelvic nerve transfer: A cadaver study. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 18(6):598–605, June, 2013, PMID: 23540734, PMCID: PMC3745765.
137. Ruggieri, Sr., M.R., Braverman, A.S., Vegesna, A.K. and Miller, L.S. Nicotinic receptor subtypes mediating relaxation of the normal human clasp and sling fibers of the upper gastric sphincter. Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 26, 1015-1025, MAY 2014 , PMCID PMC4237212.
140. Gomez-Amaya, S.M., Barbe, M.F., de Groat, W.C., Brown, J.M., Tuite, H.J., Corcos, J., Fecho, S.B., Braverman, A.S. and Ruggieri, Sr., M.R. Neural reconstruction methods of restoring bladder function. PMID:25599724, PMCID: PMC4324509, Nature Reviews Urology, 12(2), 100-118, 2015.
145. Barbe, M.F., Gomez-Amaya, S., Braverman, A.S., Brown, J.M., Lamarre, N., Massicotte, V. Lewis, J.K.S., Dachert, D.R., and Ruggieri, M.R., Sr. Evidence of vagus nerve sprouting to innervate the urinary bladder and clitoris in a canine model of lower motoneuron lesioned bladder. PMID: 26452068; PMCID: PMC4826634, Neurourology and Urodynamics, 36(1):91-7 2017.
148. Salvadeo, D.M., Tiwari, E., Mazzei, M., Brown, J.M., Braverman, A.S., Barbe, M.F. and Ruggieri, Sr., M.R. Determining integrity of bladder innervation and smooth muscle function one year after lower spinal root transection in canines. PMID:30024057, Neurourology and Urodynamics, Early View first published 7/19/2018.
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