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