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Betty Exintaris

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Lecturer (level B)

BSc(Hons) Monash University
PhD in Physiology Monash University

Phone: +61 3 990 39071
Fax:     +61 3 990 39638
email: Betty.Exintaris@vcp.monash.edu.au

General Research Interests

  • Role of membrane potential in regulating peristalsis in the urinary system
  • Intracellular mechanisms underlying spontaneous activity of the urinary tract and prostate gland
  • Modulating effects of autonomic and sensory nerves on the electrical and contractile activity of spontaneously active smooth muscle preparations

Current Research Areas

  • Intracellular mechanisms underlying spontaneous electrical and contractile activity in the smooth muscle of the prostate gland
  • Role of the autonomic nervous system in the regulation of the spontaneous activity recorded in the isolated prostate gland

Significant Publications

  1. Lang R.J., Davidson M.E. and Exintaris B. (2002) Pyeloureteral motility and ureteral peristalsis: essential role of sensory nerves and endogenous prostaglandins. Experimental Physiology 87(2): 129-46.
  2. Exintaris B. and Lang R.J. (2002) Spontaneous slow wave and contractile activity of the guinea-pig prostate. Journal of Urology 168(1): 315-22.
  3. Exintaris B. and Lang R.J. (1999) K+ channel modulation of the refractory period in spontaneously- active guinea-pig ureters. Urological Res. 27: 319-327.
  4. Exintaris B. and Lang R.J. (1999) Effects of nerve stimulation on spontaneously active preparations of the guinea-pig ureter. Urological Res. 27: 328-335.
  5. Klemm M.F., Exintaris B. and Lang R.J. (1999) Identification of the cells underlying pacemaker activity in the guinea-pig upper urinary tract. J. Physiol. 519: 867-884.
  6. Lang R.J., Exintaris B., Teele M.E., Harvey J. and Klemm M.F. (1998) Electrical basis of peristalsis in the mammalian upper urinary tract. Clin. Exper. Physiol. Pharmacol. 25: 310-321.
  7. Lang R.J., Zhang Y., Exintaris B. and Vogalis F. (1995) The effects of nerve stimulation on the spontaneous action potentials recorded from the proximal renal pelvis of the guinea-pig. Urological Res. 23: 343-350.