Effects of pimobendan, a new cardiotonic agent, on contractile responses in single skeletal muscle fibres of the frog

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-385

  Wakisaka, C ^a   Kitamura, N ^a   Ohta, T ^a   Kai, T ^a   Nakazato, Y ^a   Ito, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caffeine contracture; Cyclic AMP; Pimobendan; Potassium contracture; Twitch

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; PIMOBENDAN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033812066     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2000.tb00419.x     Document Type: Article

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