The role of mammalian cardiac t-tubules in excitation-contraction coupling: Experimental and computational approaches

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-519

  Orchard, Clive H ^a   Pásek, Michal ^b,c   Brette, Fabien ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION; PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART; INOTROPISM; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 64749108983     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.043984     Document Type: Review

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