The Mechanism and Spread of Pacemaker Activity Through Myenteric Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Human Small Intestine

Gastroenterology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1852-1865

  Lee, Hyun Tai ^a   Hennig, Grant W ^a   Fleming, Neal W ^b   Keef, Kathleen D ^a   Spencer, Nick J ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a   Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Smith, Terence K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; FLUO 4; FLUORESCENT DYE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE FUNCTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPIKE; STOMACH MUCOSA; SUBMUCOSA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34247594340     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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