Non-contractile cells with thin processes resembling interstitial cells of Cajal found in the wall of guinea-pig mesenteric arteries

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 552, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-133

  Pucovský, Vladimír ^a,b   Moss, Ray F ^a   Bolton, Thomas B ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ADRENALIN; CALCIUM; DENDROTOXIN; DESMIN; F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; IBERIOTOXIN; LATRUNCULIN B; MYOSIN; NICARDIPINE; PHALLOIDIN; POTASSIUM ION; VIMENTIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; COILED BODY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUNICA MEDIA; VOLTAGE CLAMP; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NERVE ENDINGS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSINS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0142062068     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.046243     Document Type: Article

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