Ca2+ spark as a regulator of ion channel activity

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Imaizumi, Yuji ^a   Ohi, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamamura, Hisao ^a   Ohya, Susumu ^a   Muraki, Katsuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Minoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium spark; Cardiac muscle; Potassium channel; Ryanodine receptor; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; ACTION POTENTIAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL;

EID: 0032588169     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.80.1     Document Type: Review

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