Decreased Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric tension in skinned cardiac myocytes from tail-suspended rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1612-1617

  Dunlap, Alexander W ^a   Thomason, Donald B ^a   Menon, Vandana ^a   Hofmann, Polly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head down tilt; Heart; Myofilament isometric tension; Tension pCa relation; Volume overload; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM ION; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HEAD TILTING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029666460     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.5.1612     Document Type: Article

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