Effects of verapamil and gadolinium on caffeine-induced contractures and calcium fluxes in frog slow skeletal muscle fibers

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Shabala, Lana ^a   Sánchez Pastor, Enrique ^b   Trujillo, Xóchitl ^b   Shabala, Sergey ^a   Muñiz, Jesús ^b   Huerta, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caffeine contracture; Calcium flux; Gadolinium; Slow muscle fiber; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CONTRACTURE; GADOLINIUM; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VERAPAMIL;

ANURA;

EID: 38349010661     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9079-z     Document Type: Article

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