Nonuniformity of sarcomere shortenings in the isolated rat ventricular myocyte

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-381

  Sarai, Nobuaki ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Izumi, Toshiaki ^a   Mitsuiye, Tamotsu ^a   Matsuoka, Satoshi ^a   Noma, Akinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excitation contraction coupling; Sarcomere; Ventricular myocyte

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; RYANODINE; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SENSOR; SPECTROMETRY; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MUSCLE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOMERES;

EID: 0036704012     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.52.371     Document Type: Article

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