Pulling on the heart strings: A new mechanism within Starling's law of the heart?

Circulation Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-716

  Cannell, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COLCHICINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SPIDER VENOM; STRETCH ACTIVATED ION CHANNEL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GSMTX 4 TOXIN; GSMTX-4 TOXIN; ION CHANNEL; PEPTIDE; SODIUM; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EDITORIAL; HEART OUTPUT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STARLING LAW; VENOUS RETURN; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COLCHICINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART VENTRICLES; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROTUBULES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDES; RATS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOMERES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM; SPIDER VENOMS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 64249149362     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.195511     Document Type: Editorial

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