The Frank-Starling mechanism is not mediated by changes in rate of cross-bridge detachment

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Wannenburg, Thomas ^a   Janssen, Paul M L ^a   Fan, Dongsheng ^a   De Tombe, Pieter P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP consumption; Contractility; Myofilament economy; Myofilaments; Skinned fibers

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; STARLING LAW;

EID: 33751264946     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2428     Document Type: Article

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