Electrophysiology of mammalian smooth muscle

The effect of sodium ions on the electrical activity of the giant axon of the squid

1949 • 3,479 citations

The dual effect of membrane potential on sodium conductance in the giant axon of Loligo

1952 • 1,551 citations

Electric current flow in excitable cells

1976 • 1,353 citations

The dependence of calcium efflux from cardiac muscle on temperature and external ion composition

1968 • 1,024 citations

The influence of calcium on sodium efflux in squid axons

1969 • 961 citations

Tetrodotoxin, saxitoxin and their significance in the study of excitation phenomena.

1966 • 809 citations

The electrical constants of a crustacean nerve fibre

1946 • 756 citations

The ionic requirements for the production of action potentials in crustacean muscle fibres

1958 • 666 citations

Differentiation of the transmembrane Na and Ca channels in mammalian cardiac fibres by the use of specific inhibitors

1972 • 602 citations

The electrical properties of crustacean muscle fibres

1953 • 579 citations

Calcium movements across the membrane of human red cells

1969 • 532 citations

Physical Techniques in Biological Research

1962 • 520 citations

Divalent cations as charge carriers in excitable membranes

1973 • 516 citations

Membrane ultrastructure at mammalian intercellular junctions

1973 • 516 citations

The effect of cyanide on the efflux of calcium from squid axons

1969 • 486 citations

Surface Density of Calcium Ions and Calcium Spikes in the Barnacle Muscle Fiber Membrane

1967 • 445 citations

Differences in Na and Ca Spikes As Examined by Application of Tetrodotoxin, Procaine, and Manganese Ions

1966 • 432 citations

Two Fast Transient Current Components during Voltage Clamp on Snail Neurons

1971 • 428 citations

A STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEXUS

1964 • 417 citations

Cable properties of smooth muscle

1968 • 391 citations

Pogonophora in the Western Atlantic Ocean

1962 • 349 citations

Cellular Biology of the Uterus

1967 • 331 citations

The effect of the internal sodium concentration on calcium fluxes in isolated guinea‐pig auricles

1970 • 328 citations

The Initiation of Spike Potential in Barnacle Muscle Fibers under Low Intracellular Ca++

1964 • 327 citations

Na—Ca exchange and tension development in arterial smooth muscle

1973 • 297 citations

Heart: Excitation and Contraction

1971 • 277 citations

Effects of changes in the external sodium and calcium concentrations on spontaneous electrical activity in smooth muscle of guinea‐pig taenia coli

1963 • 250 citations

Applications of Hodgkin-Huxley equations to excitable tissues.

1966 • 245 citations

Action Potential Generation in Denervated Rat Skeletal Muscle

1971 • 229 citations

Inward membrane currents in mammalian myocardium

1972 • 223 citations

Sodium and calcium components of action potentials in Aplysia giant neurone

1968 • 216 citations

Graded and All-or-None Electrogenesis in Arthropod Muscle

1961 • 214 citations

Electrical Transmission at the Nexus between Smooth Muscle Cells

1968 • 203 citations

The slow inward current and the action of manganese ions in guinea-pig's myocardium

1970 • 187 citations

A STRAND OF CARDIAC MUSCLE

1967 • 183 citations

Membrane potentials recorded with high‐resistance micro‐electrodes; and the effects of changes in ionic environment on the electrical and mechanical activity of the smooth muscle of the taenia coli of the guinea‐pig

1958 • 183 citations

Voltage clamp of the Aplysia giant neurone: early sodium and calcium currents

1970 • 170 citations

Effects of the Intracellular Ca Ion Concentration upon the Excitability of the Muscle Fiber Membrane of a Barnacle

1966 • 168 citations

The effect of sodium and calcium on the action potential of the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1969 • 164 citations

Initiation of the propagated disturbance

1937 • 158 citations

Selective inhibition of the transmembrane Ca conductivity of mammalian myocardial fibres by Ni, Co and Mn ions

1973 • 157 citations

Selective suppression of some components of spontaneous activity in various types of smooth muscle by iproveratril (verapamil)

1972 • 155 citations

Junctional membrane permeability

1971 • 152 citations

Electrical responses of smooth muscle to external stimulation in hypertonic solution

1966 • 148 citations

The threshold conditions for initiation of action potentials by excitable cells

1966 • 147 citations

Distribution and kinetics of CoEDTA in smooth muscle, and its use as an extracellular marker

1969 • 143 citations

The depolarizing action of acetylcholine or carbachol in intestinal smooth muscle

1972 • 140 citations

Properties of the inhibitory potential of smooth muscle as observed in the response to field stimulation of the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1967 • 134 citations

Strength—duration curves in cardiac Purkinje fibres: effects of liminal length and charge distribution

1972 • 133 citations

Excitation‐contraction coupling in voltage clamped uterine smooth muscle

1973 • 122 citations

Slow inward current and action potential in cardiac Purkinje fibres

1971 • 122 citations

A STUDY OF THE INNERVATION OF THE TAENIA COLI

1967 • 119 citations

Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission

2004 • 118 citations

Calcium and potassium currents of the membrane of a barnacle muscle fibre in relation to the calcium spike

1969 • 118 citations

The Action Potential in the Smooth Muscle of the Guinea Pig Taenia Coli and Ureter Studied by the Double Sucrose-Gap Method

1970 • 115 citations

AUTONOMIC NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION

1973 • 105 citations

Effect of calcium, barium and manganese on the action of adrenaline in the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig taenia coli

1969 • 103 citations

IONIC MECHANISMS IN ELECTROGENESIS*

1961 • 102 citations

Cell surface membranes in close contact role of calcium and magnesium ions

1967 • 98 citations

Pharmacology of smooth muscle

1995 • 88 citations

Electronic spread of current in monolayer cultures of neonatal rat heart cells.

1972 • 87 citations

Calcium Efflux from Barnacle Muscle Fibers

1974 • 87 citations

The Structural Implications of the Linear Electrical Properties of Cardiac Purkinje Strands

1970 • 87 citations

The Electrical Activity of Canine Cardiac Purkinje Fibers in Sodium-Free, Calcium-Rich Solutions

1973 • 86 citations

Calcium-mediated action potentials in mammalian myocardium

1973 • 85 citations

Ca and Na interaction in vascular smooth muscle contraction

1971 • 84 citations

Cell contacts in duodenal smooth muscle layers

1971 • 83 citations

Membrane properties of the smooth muscle of guinea‐pig ureter

1967 • 82 citations

Studies on Calcium and Sodium in Uterine Smooth Muscle Excitation under Current-Clamp and Voltage-Clamp Conditions

1971 • 82 citations

Voltage-Clamp Studies on Uterine Smooth Muscle

1969 • 82 citations

Current spread in the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig vas deferens

1967 • 81 citations

On the nature of the oscillations of the membrane potential (slow waves) produced by acetylcholine or carbachol in intestinal smooth muscle

1971 • 81 citations

Conductance change during the inhibitory potential in the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1972 • 81 citations

Effects of tetraethylammonium chloride on the membrane activity of guinea‐pig stomach smooth muscle

1970 • 79 citations

Calcium currents in snail neurones

1974 • 78 citations

Effects of Ca removal on the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1970 • 76 citations

The Voltage Dependence of the Cardiac Membrane Conductance

1962 • 76 citations

DEMONSTRATION OF "GAP JUNCTIONS" BETWEEN SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

1970 • 75 citations

Lanthanum inhibits Ca inward current but not Na-Ca exchange in cardiac muscle

1973 • 74 citations

The action of ouabain on the smooth muscle cells of the guinea‐pig's taenia coli

1966 • 73 citations

Electrophysiological Studies of the Antrum Muscle Fibers of the Guinea Pig Stomach

1970 • 72 citations

Smooth Muscle

1974 • 71 citations

The relation of structure to the spread of excitation in the frog's sciatic trunk

1949 • 69 citations

Comparative Physiology of the Heart: Current Trends

1969 • 68 citations

Na and Ca components of action potentials in amphioxus muscle cells

1971 • 64 citations

The responses of single smooth muscle cells of guinea‐pig taenia coli to intracellularly applied currents, and their effect on the spontaneous electrical activity

1965 • 64 citations

The Ionic Requirements for the Initiation of Action Potentials in Insect Muscle Fibers

1972 • 64 citations

Electrotonic spread of current in monolayer cultures of neonatal rat heart cells

1972 • 63 citations

Possible role of sodium-calcium pumps in tension development of vascular smooth muscle

1969 • 61 citations

Ionic differences between somatic and axonal action potentials in snail giant neurones

1972 • 61 citations

Effects of changing the ionic environment on passive and active membrane properties of pregnant rat uterus

1971 • 60 citations

An analysis of the transmission of excitation from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle

1966 • 59 citations

The membrane properties of the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig portal vein in isotonic and hypertonic solutions

1971 • 59 citations

Heaviside's “bessel cable” as an electric model for flat simple epithelial cells with low resistive junctional membranes

1971 • 58 citations

Effects of removing the external potassium on the smooth muscle of guinea‐pig taenia coli

1971 • 58 citations

Membrane properties of the smooth muscle membrane of the guinea-pig urinary bladder

1971 • 56 citations

The effect of changes in sodium chloride concentration on the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig's taenia coli

1957 • 55 citations

On The Electrotonic Spread in Cardiac Muscle of the Mouse

1966 • 54 citations

Analysis of the effluxes of sodium, potassium and chloride ions from smooth muscle in normal and hypertonic solutions

1971 • 52 citations

The relation of Rushton's ‘liminal length’ for excitation to the resting and active conductances of excitable cells

1972 • 51 citations

THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MEMBRANE

1958 • 50 citations

The effect of cations on the electrical properties of the smooth muscle cells of the guinea‐pig vas deferens

1967 • 50 citations

A STUDY OF NEXUSES IN VISCERAL SMOOTH MUSCLE

1969 • 50 citations

Influences of sodium and calcium on the recovery process from potassium contracture in the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1972 • 49 citations

Effects of ions and drugs on the smooth muscle cell membrane of the guinea-pig urinary bladder

1971 • 46 citations

Effects of calcium and sodium on contracture tension in the smooth muscle of the rat portal vein

1970 • 46 citations

The Effect of Intracellular Current Pulses in Smooth Muscle Cells of the Guinea Pig Vas Deferens at Rest and during Transmission

1967 • 45 citations

Responses of the Smooth Muscle Membrane of Guinea Pig Jejunum Elicited by Field Stimulation

1969 • 45 citations

Intercellular junctions between circular and longitudinal intestinal muscle layers

1972 • 45 citations

THE MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND DECREMENTAL CONDUCTION OF EXCITATION IN THE FUNDUS OF THE GUINEA-PIG STOMACH

1970 • 44 citations

Effects of sucrose solution on the longitudinal tissue resistivity of trabecular muscle from mammalian heart

1973 • 41 citations

Spike propagation in the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1967 • 40 citations

The longitudinal tissue impedance of the smooth muscle of guinea‐pig taenia coli

1969 • 40 citations

Membrane properties of the smooth‐muscle fibres of the guinea‐pig portal vein

1971 • 40 citations

Effects of ions and drugs on cell membrane activity and tension in the postpartum rat myometrium

1963 • 39 citations

Calcium currents in snail neurones

1974 • 39 citations

EFFECT OF REMOVING THE EXTERNAL SODIUM ON THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE PREGNANT MOUSE MYOMETRIUM

1971 • 38 citations

Uptake and release of calcium in rabbit vagus nerve

1971 • 38 citations

Behavior of uterine muscle in Na-deficient solutions; effects of oxytocin

1963 • 37 citations

MODIFICATION OF THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLES OF PREGNANT MOUSE MYOMETRIUM AND GUINEA PIG ILEUM BY CADMIUM AND MANGANESE IONS

1974 • 37 citations

Electrical properties of the smooth muscle membrane of the guinea‐pig vas deferens

1966 • 35 citations

Lack of Electrical Coupling between Contiguous Myocardial Cells in Vertebrate Hearts

1969 • 32 citations

THE EFFECTS OF SODIUM, CALCIUM AND MANGANESE ON THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE MYOMETRIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE OF PREGNANT MICE

1973 • 32 citations

Electrophysiological Actions of Oxytocin on the Rabbit Myometrium

1969 • 30 citations

Biophysical properties of the longitudinal smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig rectum

1971 • 27 citations

RESISTANCE VALUES IN A SYNCYTIUM

1961 • 25 citations

Voltage clamping of smooth muscle from taenia coli

1970 • 23 citations

Calcium and the Action Potential in Smooth Muscle

1970 • 23 citations

Digestion: Motility

1972 • 23 citations

Effect of calcium on electrical activity in smooth muscle cells of cat ureter

1969 • 22 citations

Effect of Tetrodotoxin on the Electrical Activity of the Smooth Muscle of the Vas Deferens

1967 • 22 citations

A comparative study of spike potentials in response to nerve stimulation in the vas deferens of the mouse, rat and guinea-pig

1969 • 22 citations

Further study of the two-dimensional cable theory: An electric model for a flat thin association of cells with a directional intercellular communication

1971 • 18 citations

EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL Na AND Ca ON THE MOUSE MYOMETRIUM IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTS OF OXYTOCIN AND CARBACHOL

1973 • 16 citations

Inhibitors of sodium dependent relaxation of guinea‐pig ileum

1964 • 14 citations

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS OF THE BILIARY SYSTEM OF THE GUINEA-PIG

1971 • 14 citations

Some observations on the fine structure of the guinea-pig taenia coli after incubation in hypertonic solution.

1970 • 13 citations

Epithelial monolayers: A study object for cell communication

1970 • 11 citations

Initial ionic currents in guinea-pig myometrium.

1974 • 10 citations

Determination of the electrical parameters of vertebrate visceral smooth muscle

1965 • 10 citations

EFFECTS OF TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM ON THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF PREGNANT MOUSE MYOMETRIUM AND THE INTERACTION WITH MANGANESE AND CADMIUM

1974 • 7 citations

UPTAKE AND INCREASED BINDING BY SMOOTH MUSCLE IN HALF ISOTONIC SUCROSE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CONTRACTILITY

1967 • 6 citations

The determination of the intercellular bridge resistance between smooth muscle cells

1966 • 5 citations