Morphological and physiological characteristics of urethral circular and longitudinal smooth muscle

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, Supplement

Volumn 35, Issue 207, 2001, Pages 12-18

  Brading, A F ^a   Teramoto, N ^a   Dass, N ^a   McCoy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle; Urethra

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BLADDER POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETHRA; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; URETHRA;

EID: 0034996364     PISSN: 03008886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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