PMID: 8967335Apr 1, 1996Paper

Spatial and temporal variations in pacemaking and conduction in the isolated renal pelvis

The American Journal of Physiology
W J LammersK Arafat

Abstract

In renal pelvis preparations isolated from the sheep, the location of the pacemaker and the pathway of conduction of the electrical impulse in the pelvis were analyzed in detail. An electrophysiological acquisition system was used allowing simultaneous recordings from 240 extracellular electrodes. Reconstruction of the spread of activity showed that the site of the pelvis pacemaker was, in virtually all cases, located at the pelvicalyceal border and never in the body of the pelvis or in the area of the pelviureteric junction. One single pacemaker was responsible for a particular spread of activation, and fusion of activity originating from two or more pacemakers did not place. Furthermore, spontaneous shifts of the pacemaker could occur from one site to another along the pelvicalyceal border. Conduction from the site of the current pacemaker to the pelviureteric junction and the ureter was slow, inhomogeneous, and contorted. Multiple instances of partial or total conduction block were seen at all levels in the pelvis and were not restricted to the pelviureteric junction. The occurrence of the conduction block did not seem to be related to the length of the preceding interval, implying that the refractory period did not play a m...Continue Reading

Citations

Jun 6, 2014·American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology·F T HammadW J Lammers
Jul 25, 2021·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Magdalena AntonowiczJanusz Kasperczyk

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