Voltage-gated potassium currents in rat vas deferens smooth muscle cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-386

  Harhun, Maksym I ^a,c   Jurkiewicz, Aron ^b   Jurkiewicz, Neide H ^b   Kryshtal, Dmytro O ^a   Shuba, Michael F ^a   Vladimirova, Irina A ^a  

^a BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; A type potassium current; Clofilium; Delayed rectifying potassium current; Smooth muscle; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CLOFILIUM; POTASSIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CURRENT; DEPOLARIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FAST INACTIVATING POTASSIUM CURRENT; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEADY STATE; VAS DEFERENS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL OUTWARD CURRENT;

EID: 0037712144     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0986-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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