Effects of action potential duration on excitation-contraction coupling in rat ventricular myocytes: Action potential voltage-clamp measurements

Circulation Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 790-801

  Bouchard, R A ^a   Clark, R B ^a   Giles, W R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

action potential clamp; action potential duration; Ca2+ current Na+ Ca2+ exchange; excitation contraction coupling; intracellular Ca2+

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LITHIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0028912271     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.76.5.790     Document Type: Article

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