Caffeine - A valuable tool in excitation-contraction coupling research

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 695-696

  Stephenson, D George ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FROG; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NOTE; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 38849171644     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.148270     Document Type: Article

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