Ca2+ 'sparks' and waves in intact ventricular muscle resolved by confocal imaging

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-469

  Wier, Withrow Gil ^a   Ter Keurs, Henk E D J ^c   Marban, Eduardo ^b   Gao, Wei Dong ^b   Balke, C William ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ca2+ spark; Ca2+ wave; Excitation contraction coupling; Heart; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; FLUO 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; ANIMAL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METABOLISM;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEART VENTRICLES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030610634     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.81.4.462     Document Type: Article

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