Pulsed local-field fluorescence microscopy: A new approach for measuring cellular signals in the beating heart

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 445, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-758

  Mejía Alvarez, Rafael ^b   Manno, Carlo ^c   Villalba Galea, Carlos A ^c   Fernández, Luz Del Valle ^c   Ribeiro Costa, Roberta ^c   Fill, Michael ^b   Gharbi, Tijani ^d   Escobar, Ariel L ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Action potential; Ca2+ transient; Cardiac physiology; Excitation contraction coupling; Fluorescence; Intact heart

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART BEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0037355504     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0963-1     Document Type: Article

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