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Under voltage-clamp conditions fast Ca2+-inward and early K+-outward currents were recorded from the smooth-muscle cells of the gastric fundus. It is assumed that the less electrical excitability of these cells is due to the early activation of the outward current.
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Bury, V., Boev, K. Studies on the transmembrane ion currents in the smooth-muscle cells of the gastric fundus. Experientia 36, 216–218 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953740
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