The role of calcium in the response of cardiac muscle to stretch

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-90

  Calaghan, S C ^a   White, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM METABOLISM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032944254     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(98)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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