Gap junction channel activity in short-term cultured human detrusor myocyte cell pairs: Gating and unitary conductances

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Wang, H Z ^a   Brink, Peter R ^b   Christ, George J ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder function; Intercellular communication; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL POPULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33845313618     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00027.2006     Document Type: Article

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