Figure 6. ICC-IM are functionally innervated. A.
Micrographs of a fluo-4AM loaded preparation showing a smooth muscle bundle and an associated ICC-IM pre-EFS and during 0.5 Hz EFS. B. Intensity-time plot from the 2 regions of interest indicated in F, showing activity in a SMC and an ICC-IM pre-EFS and during EFS (0.5 Hz). The SMC was firing at a higher frequency than the ICC pre-EFS with apparently no correlation between the 2 cell types. Neurogenic stimulation evoked large-amplitude, simultaneously Ca2+-responses in both cells.