BK channels play an important role as a negative feedback mechanism in the regulation of spontaneous rhythmic contraction of urinary bladder smooth muscles

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Horinouchi, Takahiro ^a   Tanaka, Hikaru ^a,b   Shigenobu, Koki ^a,b   Koike, Katsuo ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Pharmacology ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; BK channel; Iberiotoxin; Spontaneous contraction; Urinary bladder smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXY 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2(3H) BENZIMIDAZOLONE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DILTIAZEM; ESTRADIOL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IBERIOTOXIN; NIFLUMIC ACID; NISOLDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SURAMIN; TAMOXIFEN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DISEASE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFLUMIC ACID; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0036445532     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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