Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS)
characterized by demyelination, with a relative sparing of axons. In MS patients, many …

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the major cause of lower urinary tract symptoms in
men aged 50 or older. Symptoms are not normally life threatening, but often drastically affect …

Overview• Individual organs‐ICC‐LCs in the bladder‐ICC‐LCs in the urethra‐ICC‐LCs in
the penis‐ICC‐LCs in the upper urinary tract‐ICC‐LCs in the prostate• Future of ICC‐LCs …

Purpose: We characterized membrane currents in smooth muscle cells and interstitial cells
freshly isolated from the mouse ureteropelvic junction. Materials and Methods: Interstitial …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Schisandra chinensis has been commonly used as a
traditional herbal medicine to treat various diseases including body weakness, dysentery …

Classical conditioning the rabbit nictitating membrane involves changes in synaptic and
intrinsic membrane properties of cerebellar Purkinje cell dendrites, and a 4-aminopyridine (4 …

Background and purpose: Changes in smooth muscle tone of the prostate gland are
involved in aetiology of symptomatic prostatic hyperplasia, however the control mechanisms …

T-type Ca 2+ channels are widely expressed throughout the urinary and male genital tracts,
generally alongside L-type Ca 2+ channels. The use of pharmacological blockers of these …

Objective To investigate the expression of 'T‐type'and 'L‐type'voltage‐operated Ca2+
channels in single interstitial cells of the guinea‐pig prostate. Material and Methods Whole …

Purpose: We investigated whether prostate interstitial cells generate spontaneous Ca2+
oscillation, a proposed mechanism underlying pacemaker potentials to drive spontaneous …