Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference (한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Biophysical Society (한국생물물리학회)
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Voltage-dependent Ion Channels in the Neuroendocrine Cells of Rat Prostate

  • Kim, Chun-Hee (Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Uhm, Dae-Yong (Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicin) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Joon (Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • Published : 2001.06.01
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Abstract

Neuroendocrine (NE) cells are abundant in the prostate at birth and then disappear from the peripheral zone, only to reappear during puberty, after which their number slowly increases during adult life. NE cells are believed to play an important role in prostate growth and differentiation. The present study was undertaken to investigate the characteristics of ion channels existing in NE cells of rat prostate gland.(omitted)

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