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Potassium channels in the human myometrium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2001

Raheela N. Khan ,
Balwir Matharoo-Ball ,
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran  and
Michael L. J. Ashford
Raheela N. Khan
Affiliation:
Academic Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby DE22 3NE and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Balwir Matharoo-Ball
Affiliation:
Academic Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby DE22 3NE and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
Academic Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby DE22 3NE and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Michael L. J. Ashford
Affiliation:
Academic Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby DE22 3NE and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
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Abstract

The contractility of the human uterus is under the fine control of a variety of interacting bioactive agents. During labour, the excitability of the uterus is drastically transformed in comparison with the non-labour state and is manifest at the membrane level via the acivity of uterine ion channels. This article reviews the contribution of potassium (K+) channels to human uterine excitability. Experimental Physiology (2001) 86.2, 255-264.

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Research Article
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Experimental Physiology , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , March 2001 , pp. 255 - 264
Copyright
© The Physiological Society 2001

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