Synchronized Ca2+ signaling by intercellular propagation of Ca2+ action potentials in NRK fibroblasts

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  De Roos, Albert D G ^a   Willems, Peter H G M ^b   Van Zoelen, Everardus J J ^a   Theuvenet, Alexander P R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Calcium channels; Intracellular calcium; Normal rat kidney fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FELODIPINE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; NIFEDIPINE; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHLORIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; POTASSIUM; STRONTIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FIBROBLAST; KIDNEY CELL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; KIDNEY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL LINE; CHLORIDES; EGTAZIC ACID; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FIBROBLASTS; KIDNEY; KINETICS; POTASSIUM; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRONTIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031309660     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.6.c1900     Document Type: Article

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