Potassium channels and uterine function

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 332-339

  Brainard, Adam M ^a   Korovkina, Victoria P ^a   England, Sarah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor; Myometrium; Potassium channel; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; LABOR; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 34547681636     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.05.008     Document Type: Review

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