Comparison of mechanical and electrical activity and interstitial cells of Cajal in urinary bladders from wild-type and W/W v mice

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-283

  McCloskey, K D ^a,b   Anderson, U A ^a   Davidson, R A ^b   Bayguinov, Y R ^c   Sanders, K M ^c   Ward, S M ^c  

^a Medical Biology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells; Intracellular recordings; Nerve mediated contraction

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; NIFEDIPINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; STEM CELL FACTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE-6-AZOPHENYL-2',4'-DISULFONIC ACID; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TENSION; WILD TYPE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRODOTOXIN; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER; VIMENTIN;

EID: 67650222043     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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