Relation between the Sarcolemmal Ca2+ Current and Ca2+ Sparks and Local Control Theories for Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-171

  Santana, L F ^a   Cheng, H ^a   Gomez A M ^a   Cannell, M B ^b   Lederer, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ca2+ current; Excitation contraction coupling; Fluo 3; Intracellular Ca2+; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONTRACTION; ION TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0029671257     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.1.166     Document Type: Article

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