Targeting ion channels for the treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-21

  Beyder, Arthur ^a   Farrugia, Gianrico ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium voltage gated ion channel; Chloride channel; Functional GI; GI motility; Ion channel; Potassium voltage gated ion channel; Sodium voltage gated ion channel; Voltage gated ion channel

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84855541503     PISSN: 1756283X     EISSN: 17562648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X11415892     Document Type: Review

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