Action potential refractory period in ureter smooth muscle is set by Ca sparks and BK channels

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 559-562

  Burdyga, T ^a   Wray, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FEEDBACK; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PACEMAKERS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CRITICAL CONTROL SYSTEM; PERISTALTIC WAVES; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

MUSCLE;

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GUINEA PIGS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; TIME FACTORS; URETER;

EID: 23144439382     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03834     Document Type: Article

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