Action potential generation in the small intestine of W mutant mice that lack interstitial cells of Cajal

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 34-3, 1996, Pages

  Malysz, John ^b   Thuneberg, Lars ^b   Mikkelsen, Hanne B ^b   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

excitability; fibroblast; Kit receptor; macrophage; pacemaker activity; slow waves; W mutation; W W(v) mouse

Indexed keywords

TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INTERACTION; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0029776718     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.271.3.g387     Document Type: Article

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