Pacemaker activity from submucosal interstitial cells of Cajal drives high-frequency and low-amplitude circular muscle contractions in the mouse proximal colon

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 621-627

  Yoneda, S ^a   Fukui, H ^a   Takaki, M ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial cells of Cajal; Pacemaker activity; Plateau potentials; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COLON; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR;

EID: 8144224745     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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