Regulation of gastrointestinal motility-insights from smooth muscle biology

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 633-645

  Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Koh, Sang Don ^a   Ro, Seungil ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP; MICRORNA; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOMACH MUSCLE; SYNCYTIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS;

EID: 84868589001     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.168     Document Type: Review

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