Electrical basis of peristalsis in the mammalian upper urinary tract

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 310-321

  Lang, R J ^a   Exintaris, B ^a   Teele, M E ^a   Harvey, J ^a   Klemm, M F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Ca2+ channels; Electron microscopy; Electrophysiology; K+ channels; Pacemakers; Patch clamp; Smooth muscle; Upper urinary ract; Uteric peristalsis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CELL STRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; KIDNEY PELVIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERISTALSIS; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0031945171     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02357.x     Document Type: Review

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