The search for the origin of rhythmicity in intestinal contraction; From tissue to single cells

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-9

  Huizinga, Jan D ^a   Robinson, T L ^a   Thomsen, L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interstitial cells of Cajal; Inward current; Pacemaker activity; RT PCR; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLASMATIC ASTROCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERIODICITY; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 0033976513     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.2000.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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