Role of interstitial cells and gap junctions in the transmission of spontaneous Ca2+ signals in detrusor smooth muscles of the guinea-pig urinary bladder

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 559, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 567-581

  Hashitani, Hikaru ^a   Yanai, Yoshima ^a   Suzuki, Hikaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CARBENOXOLONE; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; RYANODINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; XESTOSPONGIN C; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 4644275174     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.065136     Document Type: Article

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