Small event Ca2+ release: A probable precursor of Ca2+ sparks in frog skeletal muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-11

  Shirokova, Natalia ^a,b   Ríos, Eduardo ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GALLOPAMIL; PHENYLALKYLAMINE; TETRACAINE; CALCIUM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; FLUO 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENCE; FROG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANURA; CALCIUM SPARKS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA PIPIENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACAINE;

EID: 1842370823     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.003bl.x     Document Type: Article

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