SPONTANEOUS CA 2+ ACTIVATED CL − CURRENTS IN ISOLATED URETHRAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 166 (3) , 1161-1166
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65939-3
Abstract
Conclusions Urethral cells fire large spontaneous transient inward currents, mediated by Ca 2+ activated Cl − channels, which are adequate to account for the spontaneous transient depolarizations seen in whole urethral tissue.Keywords
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