Effects of the gap junction blocker glycyrrhetinic acid on gastrointestinal smooth muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 4 51-4, 2005, Pages

  Takeda, Yukari ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a   Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Sang, Don Koh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium ion currents; Gastrointestinal motility; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Potassium ion currents; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; LUCIFER YELLOW; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IC 50; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; JEJUNUM; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 15244362320     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00389.2004     Document Type: Article

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