Of the ions involved in the intricate workings of the heart, calcium
is considered perhaps the most important. It is crucial to the very
process that enables the chambers of the heart to contract and relax,
a process called excitation-contraction coupling. It is important
to understand in quantitative detail exactly how calcium is moved
around the various organelles of the myocyte in order to bring about
excitation-contraction coupling if we are to understand the basic
physiology of heart function. Furthermore, spatial microdomains within
the cell are important in localizing the molecular players that orchestrate
cardiac function.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Bers_2002_198
%A Bers, Donald M
%D 2002
%J Nature
%K Animals; Calcium Calcium, Channel, Contraction, Heart, Humans; Muscle Myocardial Myocardium, Nervous Receptor Relaxation; Release Reticulum, Ryanodine Sarcoplasmic Signaling; Sodium, Sympathetic System, cytology/metabolism; innervation/physiology; metabolism; physiology physiology;
%N 6868
%P 198--205
%R 10.1038/415198a
%T Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/415198a
%V 415
%X Of the ions involved in the intricate workings of the heart, calcium
is considered perhaps the most important. It is crucial to the very
process that enables the chambers of the heart to contract and relax,
a process called excitation-contraction coupling. It is important
to understand in quantitative detail exactly how calcium is moved
around the various organelles of the myocyte in order to bring about
excitation-contraction coupling if we are to understand the basic
physiology of heart function. Furthermore, spatial microdomains within
the cell are important in localizing the molecular players that orchestrate
cardiac function.
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is considered perhaps the most important. It is crucial to the very
process that enables the chambers of the heart to contract and relax,
a process called excitation-contraction coupling. It is important
to understand in quantitative detail exactly how calcium is moved
around the various organelles of the myocyte in order to bring about
excitation-contraction coupling if we are to understand the basic
physiology of heart function. Furthermore, spatial microdomains within
the cell are important in localizing the molecular players that orchestrate
cardiac function.},
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institution = {Department of Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola Unversity
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keywords = {Animals; Calcium Calcium, Channel, Contraction, Heart, Humans; Muscle Myocardial Myocardium, Nervous Receptor Relaxation; Release Reticulum, Ryanodine Sarcoplasmic Signaling; Sodium, Sympathetic System, cytology/metabolism; innervation/physiology; metabolism; physiology physiology;},
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timestamp = {2009-06-03T11:21:02.000+0200},
title = {Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/415198a},
volume = 415,
year = 2002
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