Sunday, May 5, 1996 Poster Session 1 SBUR/AUA 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon

TOPIC: BPH: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY Hall D, Orange County Convention Center Oversight: Timothy L. Ratliff, St. Louis, MO

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Quantification of (xl-adrenoceptor subtype mRNAs in hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic human prostates.

Nobuo Moriyama, Shigeharu Kurimoto, Shigeo Horie, Shuji Kameyama, Kimio Nasu, Teruo Tanaka, Junichi Yano, Yukiko Sagehashi, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Gozo Tsujimoto and Kazuki Kawabe, Tokyo, Japan (Presented by Dr. Moriyama).

Calcitonin receptor MRNA expression in the human prostate.

Daniel T. Burzon, Guan Wu, PA di Sant'Agnese, Sten Gershagen, Abraham T.K. Cockett and Edward M. Messing, Rochester, NY (Presented by Dr. Burzon).

Histopathologic characterization of hereditary benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Christopher B. Doehring, Martin G. Sanda, Alan W. Partin, Jurga Sauvegeot, Hank Juo, Terri H. Beaty, Jonathan Epstein, Gary Hill and Patrick C. Walsh, Baltimore, MD (Presented by Dr. Doehring).

Immunohistochemical determination of in vivo distribution of branching pattern in human adult pros- tate.

Yong Xue, Jack A. Schalken and Gary J. Miller, Denver, CO; Emiel Th. Ruijter, Tilly W. Aalders and Frans M.J. Debruyne, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Presented by Dr. Xue).

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Role of vitamin D in normal prostatic growth and development.

Robert H. Getzenberg, Badrinath R. Konety, Michael J. Becich and Gary G. Schwartz, Pittsburgh, PA; Miami, FL (Presented by Dr. Konety).

Brain and spinal cord neurons identified after injection of pseudorabies virus (PRV) into the rat prostate.

Rosemary Orr, Culley C. Carson Ill and Lesley Marson, Chapel Hill, NC (Presented by Dr. Marson).

Simultaneous evaluation of the effects of c~cadrenergic antagonists on vascular and prostatic smooth muscle in intact conscious dogs.

Michael E. Brune, Sweta P. Katwala, Ivan Milicic, Arthur A. Hancock and James F. Kerwin Jr., Abbott Park, IL (Presented by Dr. Brune).

Mechanism of contraction to noradrenaline in human prostate.

lan Marshall and Richard P. Burt, London, UK; Steve Martin and Christopher R. Chapple, Sheffield, UK.

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