Recording of calcium transient and analysis of calcium removal mechanisms in cardiac myocytes from rats and ground squirrels

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Wang, Shiqiang ^a   Zhou, Zengquan ^a   Qian, Hong ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium removal; Calcium transient; Cardiac cells; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Hibernation; Hypothermia; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000500286     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02879128     Document Type: Article

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