A vibrating Ca2+-selective electrode measures Ca2+ flux induced by the neuropeptide FMRFamide in a gastropod ventricle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Devlin, C Leah ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium (Ca2+); diltiazem; excitation contraction coupling (E C coupling); FMRFamide; trabeculae; verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DILTIAZEM; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROPOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0031081087     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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