In Situ calcium signaling: No calcium sparks detected in rat myometrium

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1101, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-96

  Burdyga, Theodor ^a   Wray, Susan ^a   Noble, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BK channels; Calcium; Confocal imaging; Contractility; Muscle bundles; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Smooth muscle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITABILITY; LABOR; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVIEW;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 34250644367     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1389.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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