Quantal evoked depolarizations underlying the excitatory junction potential of the guinea-pig isolated vas deferens

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 520, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 527-537

  Manchanda, Rohit ^a   Venkateswarlu, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; IMPEDANCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STIMULUS; SYNCYTIUM; TIME; VAS DEFERENS; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HEPTANOL; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0033569576     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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