Measuring fast calcium fluxes in cardiomyocytes

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 57, 2011, Pages

  Golebiewska, Urszula ^a   Scarlata, Suzanne ^b  

^a QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium fluxes; Cardiomyocytes; Cell biology; Fluorescent indicators; Issue 57; Laser scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455201475     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3505     Document Type: Article

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