Ethanol acutely decreases calcium transients in cultured human myotubes

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1086-1092

  Nicolás, Josep M ^a   Antúnez, Emilia ^a   Thomas, Andrew P ^b   Fernández Solà, Joaquim ^a   Tobías, Ester ^a   Estruch, Ramón ^a   Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Ethanol; Excitation Contraction Coupling; Myotubes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOPATHY; MYOTUBE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0344936649     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03705.x     Document Type: Article

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