Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is altered in myocytes from aged male mice but not in cells from aged female mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Grandy, Scott A ^a,b   Howlett, Susan E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium transients; Calcium induced calcium release; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Senescence; Sex

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 33751185765     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00070.2006     Document Type: Article

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