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Ureteral pacemaker potentials recorded with the sucrose gap technique

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Ureteral contractions occur at intervals which are integral multiples of the period of pacemaker potentials recorded in vitro from the renal pelvis with a sucrose gap, suggesting that a gating mechanism in the pyeloureter regulates the rate at which the pacemaker initiates contractions.

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Zawalinski, V.C., Constantinou, C.E. & Burnstock, G. Ureteral pacemaker potentials recorded with the sucrose gap technique. Experientia 31, 931–933 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358859

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