Twitch responses dependent on external calcium ions in the mouse diaphragm in a potassium-free bathing solution

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 459-461

  Nishimura, Masakazu ^a   Hasegawa, Tetsuya ^b   Katsuaki, Ito ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contents of potassium and sodium; External Ca2+ dependent contraction; K+ free solution; Membrane potential; Mouse diaphragm muscle; Na+ Ca2+ exchange

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIUM; OUABAIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0030014173     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02040-3     Document Type: Article

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