The role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in neonatal uterine smooth muscle: Enhanced role compared to adult rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 545, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 557-566

  Noble, Karen ^a   Wray, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS FUNCTION; ADULT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STOMACH MUSCLE; UTERINE STOMACH MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CARBACHOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INDOLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0036901974     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.031732     Document Type: Article

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