The origin of the skewed amplitude distribution of spontaneous excitatory junction potentials in poorly coupled smooth muscle cells

Neuroscience

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Young, J S ^a   Brain, K L ^a   Cunnane, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP; calcium imaging; confocal microscopy; neurotransmission; sEJP; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SPIDER VENOMS; TIME FACTORS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33846880897     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.054     Document Type: Article

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