Calcium release flux underlying Ca2+ sparks of frog skeletal muscle

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-48

  Ríos, Eduardo ^a   Stern, Michael D ^b   González, Adom ^e   Pizarro, Gonzalo ^c   Shirokova, Natalia ^a,d  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Computer algorithm; Confocal microscopy; Excitation contraction coupling; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FROG; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0345711691     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.1.31     Document Type: Article

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