Characteristics of intracellular Ca2+ cycling in intact rat heart: A comparison of sex differences

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wasserstrom, J Andrew ^a,b   Kapur, Sunil ^a   Jones, Sabrina ^a   Faruque, Tania ^a   Sharma, Rohan ^a   Kelly, James E ^a   Pappas, Amanda ^a   Ho, Wilson ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Aistrup, Gary L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Morton 7 607 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium alternans; Calcium transients; Confocal microscopy; Intercellular heterogeneity; Restitution; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PERFUSION; PERICARDIUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; PERICARDIUM; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57049159220     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00469.2008     Document Type: Article

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