Potassium channel diversity within the muscular components of the feline lower esophageal sphincter

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1006-1017

  Salapatek, Anne Marie F ^a   Ji, Junzhi ^a   Muinuddin, Ahmad ^a,b   Diamant, Nicholas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Esophageal motility; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux; K DR; KCa; LES tone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; IBERIOTOXIN; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS CIRCULAR MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS SLING MUSCLE; FEMALE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CATS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 13544251531     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-090     Document Type: Article

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