Properties of spontaneous depolarizations in circular smooth muscle cells of rabbit urethra

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1627-1632

  Hashitani, Hikaru ^a   Van Helden, Dirk F ^b   Suzuki, Hikaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitive chloride channel; Intracellular Ca2+ store; Slow wave; Spontaneous transient depolarization; Urethra

Indexed keywords

4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CATION CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GUANETHIDINE; NIFEDIPINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROCAINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; URETHRA;

EID: 0029957383     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15584.x     Document Type: Article

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