Role of gap junctions in spontaneous activity of the rat bladder

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Ikeda, Y ^a   Fry, C ^b   Hayashi, F ^c   Stolz, D ^a   Griffiths, D ^a   Kanai, A J ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lamina propria myofibroblasts; Optical mapping; Urothelium; Voltage and Ca2+ sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 35348820009     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00183.2007     Document Type: Article

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