Effects of gender on the sensitivity of rat cardiac muscle to extracellular Ca2+

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Wang, Shi Nan ^a   Wyeth, Richard P ^a,b   Kennedy, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial muscle; Female; Isometric developed tension; Male; Papillary muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; INOTROPISM; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031755120     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00736-5     Document Type: Article

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