Pyeloureteric peristalsis: Role of atypical smooth muscle cells and interstitial cells of Cajal-like cells as pacemakers

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 576, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 695-705

  Lang, Richard J ^a   Tonta, Mary A ^a   Zoltkowski, Beata Z ^a   Meeker, William F ^a   Wendt, Igor ^a   Parkington, Helena C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; LANTHANUM CHLORIDE; NEOMYCIN; NIFEDIPINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; STEM CELL FACTOR; XESTOSPONGIN C; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MYOELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FIRING RATE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PROSTATE; PYELOURETERAL OBSTRUCTION; PYELOURETERIC PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT; URINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; KIDNEY PELVIS; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERISTALSIS; STEM CELL FACTOR; URETER;

EID: 33750407024     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.116855     Document Type: Review

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