Article: Endogenous Ang II may modulate inward calcium current in the failing heart.

Article: Endogenous Ang II may modulate inward calcium ...
Cardiovascular Week;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... enhance the L-type calcium current in the failing heart. Scientists in the ... II) on the L-type calcium current of cardiomyocytes isolated ... enhance the L-type calcium current in the failing heart. Hypertension, 2004 ...

Article: Intramembrane charge movement and L-type calcium ...
Biophysical Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the voltage dependence of the slow calcium current elicited by 100-ms-long pulses ... half-activation potential of the calcium current was slightly more negative (-6 ... longer pulses, the time constant of calcium current decay was found to be significantly ...

Article: High cholesterol inhibits L-type calcium current in ...
Cardiovascular Week;  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the effect of diet-induced HC on CASM voltage-gated calcium current (I-Ca). Male miniature swine were fed a high-fat ... Applied Physiology (Hypercholesterolemia inhibits L-type calcium current in coronary macro-, not microcirculation. J Appl Physiol ...

Article: Action Potential Duration Restitution Portraits of Mammalian ...
Biophysical Journal;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... alternans. Further, we investigated the role of the L-type calcium current, I^sub Ca-L^, in the restitution portrait. We found ... measured in the restitution portrait. However, peak calcium current plays a role only at small values of BCL. In conclusion ...

Article: Kinetic study of n-type calcium current modulation ...
Biophysical Journal;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The voltage-dependent inhibition of N-type Ca^sup 2+^ channel current by the delta-opioid agonist [D-pen^sup 2^, D-pen^sup 5^]enkephalin (DPDPE) was investigated in the mammalian cell line NG108-15 with 10 (mu)M nifedipine to block L-type channels, with whole-cell voltage clamp methods. In

Article: Research from School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology ...
Biotech Week;  January 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on the inward calcium current in the failing heart. On the presence ... type inward calcium current was investigated in the failing heart of cardiomyopathic ... on the inward calcium current in the failing heart. On the presence ...

Article: Pacing to Support the Failing Heart - Up-to-Date ...
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