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Avelino, A., Cruz, F., Panicker, J. N., & Liechti, M. D. (2016). Basic principles. In Practical Functional Urology (pp. 1 - 17).

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Santos-Silva, A., Charrua, A., Cruz, C. D., Gharat, L., et al. (2012). Rat detrusor overactivity induced by chronic spinalization can be abolished by a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonist. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 166(1-2), 35 - 38.

Coelho, A., Cruz, F., Cruz, C. D., & Avelino, A. (2012). Reply from Authors re: Prokar Dasgupta. Volume matters: Bladder injections of botulinum toxin type A. Eur Urol 2012;61:1185-6: Yes, Volume matters: Bladder injections of botulinum toxin type A. European Urology, 61(6), 1186 - 1187.

Coelho, A., Cruz, F., Cruz, C. D., & Avelino, A. (2012). Spread of onabotulinumtoxinA after bladder injection. Experimental study using the distribution of cleaved SNAP-25 as the marker of the toxin action. European Urology, 61(6), 1178 - 1184.

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Charrua, A., Avelino, A., & Cruz, F. (2011). Modulation of urinary bladder innervation: TRPV1 and botulinum toxin A. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (Vol. 202, pp. 345 - 374).

White, J. P. M., Ko, C. W., Fidalgo, A. R., Cibelli, M., et al. (2011). Severe burn injury induces a characteristic activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 in spinal dorsal horn neurons. European Journal of Pain, 15(7), 683 - 690.

Saban, M. R., Davis, C. A., Avelino, A., Cruz, F., et al. (2011). VEGF signaling mediates bladder neuroplasticity and inflammation in response to BCG. BMC Physiology, 11(1).

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Ferreira, S. G., Lomaglio, T., Avelino, A., Cruz, F., et al. (2009). N-acyldopamines control striatal input terminals via novel ligand-gated cation channels. Neuropharmacology, 56(3), 676 - 683.

Cruz, F., Silva, J., Pinto, R., Carvallho, T., et al. (2009). Reply to Tomasz Drewa, Zbigniew Wolski and Janusz Tyloch's Letter to the Editor re: João Silva, Rui Pinto, Tiago Carvallho, et al. Mechanisms of Prostate Atrophy after Glandular Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Injection: An Experimental Study in the Rat. Eur. European Urology, 56(5), e28 - e29.

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Cruz, C. D., Charrua, A., Vieira, E., Valente, J., et al. (2008). Intrathecal delivery of resiniferatoxin (RTX) reduces detrusor overactivity and spinal expression of TRPV1 in spinal cord injured animals. Experimental Neurology, 214(2), 301 - 308.

Silva, C., Silva, J., Castro, H., Reis, F., et al. (2007). Bladder sensory desensitization decreases urinary urgency. BMC Urology, 7.

Baiou, D., Santha, P., Avelino, A., Charrua, A., et al. (2007). Neurochemical characterization of insulin receptor-expressing primary sensory neurons in wild-type and vanilloid type 1 transient receptor potential receptor knockout mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 503(2), 334 - 347.

Charrua, A., Cruz, C. D., Cruz, F., & Avelino, A. (2007). Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Subfamily 1 is Essential for the Generation of Noxious Bladder Input and Bladder Overactivity in Cystitis. Journal of Urology, 177(4), 1537 - 1541.

Dickson, A., Avelino, A., Cruz, F., & Ribeiro-da-Silva, A. (2006). Peptidergic sensory and parasympathetic fiber sprouting in the mucosa of the rat urinary bladder in a chronic model of cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis. Neuroscience, 139(2), 671 - 685.

Dickson, A., Avelino, A., Cruz, F., & Ribeiro-da-Silva, A. (2006). Peptidergic sensory and parasympathetic fiber sprouting in the mucosa of the rat urinary bladder in a chronic model of cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis (DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.050). Neuroscience, 141(3), 1633 - 1647.

Avelino, A., & Cruz, F. (2006). TRPV1 (vanilloid receptor) in the urinary tract: Expression, function and clinical applications. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 373(4), 287 - 299.

Dinis, P., Charrua, A., Avelino, A., Nagy, I., et al. (2005). The distribution of sensory fibers immunoreactive for the TRPV1 (capsaicin) receptor in the human prostate. European Urology, 48(1), 162 - 167.

Cruz, C. D., Avelino, A., McMahon, S. B., & Cruz, F. (2005). Increased spinal cord phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases mediates micturition overactivity in rats with chronic bladder inflammation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21(3), 773 - 781.

Silva, C., Silva, J., Ribeiro, M. - J., Avelino, A., & Cruz, F. (2005). Urodynamic effect of intravesical resiniferatoxin in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity of spinal origin: Results of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. European Urology, 48(4), 650 - 655.

Dinis, P., Charrua, A., Avelino, A., Yaqoob, M., et al. (2004). Anandamide-evoked activation of vanilloid receptor 1 contributes to the development of bladder hyperreflexia and nociceptive transmission to spinal dorsal horn neurons in cystitis. Journal of Neuroscience, 24(50), 11253 - 11263.

Dinis, P., Silva, J., Ribeiro, M. J., Avelino, A., et al. (2004). Bladder C-fiber desensitization induces a long-lasting improvement of BPH-associated storage LUTS: A pilot study. European Urology, 46(1), 88 - 94.

Dinis, P., Charrua, A., Avelino, A., & Cruz, F. (2004). Intravesical resiniferatoxin decreases spinal c-fos expression and increases bladder volume to reflex micturition in rats with chronic inflamed urinary bladders. BJU International, 94(1), 153 - 157.