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
1978
Ureteral function
Weiss R. Ureteral function. Urology 1978, 12: 114-133. PMID: 211688, DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(78)90321-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUreteral functionBeta-adrenergic receptor mechanismVesico-ureteral refluxElectrical activitySmooth muscle relaxationUreteral peristaltic activityBeta-adrenergic receptorsUrinary collecting systemExcitation-contraction couplingAge-dependent factorsUreteral contractionsUreteral lengthUreteral activityIntracellular storage sitesMuscle relaxationReceptor mechanismsPeristaltic activityAction potentialsUreterPacemaker siteProximal portionCollecting systemContractile proteinsCell membraneContractile process