2006
Pacemaker activity in the upper urinary tract
Weiss RM, Tamarkin FJ, Wheeler MA. Pacemaker activity in the upper urinary tract. Journal Of Smooth Muscle Research 2006, 42: 103. PMID: 17099294, DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.42.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsTypical smooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsUreteral peristalsisCapsaicin-sensitive sensory afferentsAlpha-smooth muscle actinNormal ureteral peristalsisUpper urinary tractUreteral peristaltic activityUrinary collecting systemTyrosine kinase receptorsSensory afferentsUrinary tractEndogenous releasePeristaltic activityPacemaker activityMuscle actinAction potentialsPacemaker siteC-kitPacemaker cellsProximal portionCollecting systemSparse immunoreactivityElectrical activity
1986
Sphincteric Action of the Pelvicalyceal Junction and Pacemaker Activity in Human Kidney
Morita T, Wheeler M, Weiss R. Sphincteric Action of the Pelvicalyceal Junction and Pacemaker Activity in Human Kidney. Urologia Internationalis 1986, 41: 167-169. PMID: 3750576, DOI: 10.1159/000281190.Peer-Reviewed Original Research