Measurements of calcium transients in ventricular cells during discontinuous action potential conduction

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 2 47-2, 2000, Pages

  Wagner, Mary B ^a   Wang, Yang Gan ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Golod, David A ^a   Goolsby, William N ^a   Joyner, Ronald W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Coupling clamp; Fluo 3

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0034107634     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.2.h444     Document Type: Article

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