The Impact of Ovariectomy on Calcium Homeostasis and Myofilament Calcium Sensitivity in the Aging Mouse Heart

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fares, Elias ^a   Pyle, W Glen ^c   Ray, Gibanananda ^b   Rose, Robert A ^b   Denovan Wright, Eileen M ^a   Chen, Robert P ^d   Howlett, Susan E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV1.2; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SERCA2 PROTEIN; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOUSE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBRILS; OVARIECTOMY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 84884252423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074719     Document Type: Article

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