Toward a concept of stretch-coupling in smooth muscle. I. Anatomy of intestinal segmentation and sleeve contractions

Anatomical Record

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 110-124

  Thuneberg, Lars ^a,b   Peters, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell coupling; Gap junctions; Gastrointestinal tract; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Motility; Peg and socket junctions; Smooth muscle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; DILTIAZEM; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035154316     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20010101)262:1<110::AID-AR1016>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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