Different effects of verapamil and low calcium on repetitive contractile activity of frog fatigue-resistance and easily-fatigued muscle fibers

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-153

  Llpska E ^a   Radzyukevich, T ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel blocker; Excitation contraction coupling; Fatigue resistance; Fiber types

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FROG; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NICKEL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA TEMPORARIA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0032818712     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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