Voltage sensitivity of slow wave frequency in isolated circular muscle strips from guinea pig gastric antrum

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 39-2, 1999, Pages

  Huang, S M ^a   Nakayama, S ^a   Iino, S ^a   Tomita, T ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Potassium channel opener; Smooth muscle; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

CROMAKALIM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM;

EID: 0032913255     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.276.2.g518     Document Type: Article

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