Sex differences in cardiac muscle responsiveness to Ca2+ and L-type Ca2+ channel modulation

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 586, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 288-292

  Curl, Claire L ^a,b   Delbridge, Lea M D ^b   Wendt, Igor R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium flux; Cardiovascular sex differences; Gender; Myocardial contractility; Papillary muscle

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; MALE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 43549087584     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.02.053     Document Type: Article

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