Slowing of relaxation and [Ca2+]i during prolonged tetanic stimulation of single fibres from Xenopus skeletal muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 723-736

  Westerblad, Håkan ^a,b   Allen, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; INDO 1; MAGNESIUM ION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; FEMALE; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARVALBUMINS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029974757     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021341     Document Type: Article

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