Regulatory mechanism of length-dependent activation in skinned porcine ventricular muscle: Role of thin filament cooperative activation in the Frank-Starling relation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-482

  Terui, Takako ^a   Shimamoto, Yuta ^b,c   Yamane, Mitsunori ^b   Kobirumaki, Fuyu ^a   Ohtsuki, Iwao ^a   Ishiwata, Shin'Ichi ^b   Kurihara, Satoshi ^a   Fukuda, Norio ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; LINEAR MODELS; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 77957827525     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010502     Document Type: Article

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