Loss of responsiveness of circular smooth muscle cells from the guinea pig ileum is associated with changes in gap junction coupling

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Carbone, Simona E ^a   Wattchow, David A ^a   Spencer, Nick J ^a   Brookes, Simon J H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connexins; Dye coupling; Gap junctions; Junction potentials

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBENOXOLONE; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 84862520489     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00376.2011     Document Type: Article

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