The influence of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ concentration on Ca2+ sparks and spontaneous transient outward currents in single smooth muscle cells

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-228

  ZhuGe, Ronghua ^a   Tuft, Richard A ^a   Fogarty, Kevin E ^a   Bellve, Karl ^a   Fay, Fredric S ^a   Walsh Jr , John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ (SR); Ca2+ spark; Mag fura 2; Ryanodine receptor; Spontaneous transient outward current

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; DIFFUSION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FURA-2; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0032944469     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.2.215     Document Type: Article

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