Morphology, Calcium Signaling and Mechanical Activity in Human Ureter

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Floyd, Rachel V ^a   Borisova, Ludmylla ^a   Bakran, Ali ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^a   Wray, Susan ^a   Burdyga, Theodor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcium channels; muscle contraction; sarcoplasmic reticulum; smooth muscle; ureter

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FORCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER; URETER DISEASE; URETER FUNCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETER;

EID: 44649178581     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.02.045     Document Type: Article

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