The propagation speeds of calcium action potentials are remarkably invariant

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 343-355

  Jaffe, Lionel F ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium waves; Cardiac; Cnidaria; Heart; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL TRANSPORT; CHICK EMBRYO; COELENTERATE; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DATA ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECHINODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INSECTIVORE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLLUSC; MOTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE; WORM;

ANURA; BEROE; CESTUM; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINODERMATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; TESTUDINES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0141927173     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(03)00090-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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