Emission ratiometry for simultaneous calcium and action potential measurements with coloaded dyes in rabbit hearts: Reduction of motion and drift

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-82

  Kong, Wei ^b   Walcott, Gregory P ^b   Smith, William M ^b   Johnson, Philip L ^b   Knisley, Stephen B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium transient; Fluorescent dye; Heart; Laser; Transmembrane voltage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUO 4 DYE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OREGON GREEN; RH 237; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLEACHING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMISSION RATIOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; LASER; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RABBIT; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COLORING AGENTS; DIASTOLE; HEART; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037286793     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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