Interstitial cells of cajal in the urinary tract

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 233-254

  McCloskey, Karen D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c Kit; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Smooth muscle; Ureter; Urethra; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; PURINERGIC P2X3 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y2 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y4 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y6 RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CURRENT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLADDER; BLADDER DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; URETER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; URETER; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 79952227050     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_11     Document Type: Article

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