Diastolic SR Ca efflux in atrial pacemaker cells and Ca-overloaded myocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Bassani, Rosana A ^a,b   Bassani, José W M ^a   Lipsius, Stephen L ^b   Bers, Donald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Calcium transients; Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release; Sinoatrial node cells; Thapsigargin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0030866184     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h886     Document Type: Article

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