Nifedipine block of capacitative calcium entry in cultured human uterine smooth-muscle cells

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 210-215

  Young, Roger C ^a   Schumann, Ralph ^a   Zhang, Peisheng ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitative calcium entry; Mechanisms of action of nifedipine; Myometrium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM GREEN 1; FLUORESCENT DYE; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TECHNIQUE;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERUS;

EID: 0034880547     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(01)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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