Uncontrolled sarcomere shortening increases intracellular Ca2+ transient in rat cardiac trabeculae

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Janssen, Paul M L ^a,b   De Tombe, Pieter P ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium handling; fura 2; iontophoresis; laser diffraction; sarcomere length

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FURA 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; IONTOPHORESIS; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

EID: 0030910773     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1892     Document Type: Article

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