title: Is the muscular tone of the internal anal sphincter a property of the syncytium?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology and Neuroscience Institute, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6602-7332
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jimenez
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal; D015726:Giant Cells; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009130:Muscle, Smooth
keywords: ANO-1; ICC; c-kit; gastrointestinal smooth muscle; nitric oxide; purinergic receptor; slow waves; tone