Measurement of membrane potential and myoplasmic [Ca2+] in developing rat myotubes at rest and in response to stimulation

Cell Calcium

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 409-418

  Bakker, A J ^a   Head, S I ^a   Stephenson, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOTUBE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029946859     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4160(96)90114-1     Document Type: Article

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