Calcium sparks: Release packets of uncertain origin and fundamental role

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-384

  Shirokova, Natalia ^a   González, Adom ^a   Kirsch, Wolfgang G ^a   Ríos, Eduardo ^a   Pizarro, Gonzalo ^b   Stern, Michael D ^c   Cheng, Heping ^c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DESENSITIZATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART MUSCLE; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0344655679     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.3.377     Document Type: Review

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