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Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscle

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  1. George B. Frank

    1. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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  2. C. Paul Bianchi

    1. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

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  3. Henk E. D. J. Keurs

    1. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 311)

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Table of contents (74 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Speakers

    5. Potassium Channel Activation in Vascular Smooth Muscle

      • G. Siegel, J. Emden, K. Wenzel, J. Mironneau, G. Stock
      Pages 53-72

    6. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Rat Skeletal Muscle Cells: Evolution During in Vitro Myogenesis

      • Christian Cognard, Bruno Constantin, Michèle Rivet, Nathalie Imbert, Colette Besse, Guy Raymond
      Pages 73-89

    7. Volume Changes During Contraction of Isolated Frog Muscle Fibers

      • Stuart R. Taylor, Ian R. Neering, Laura A. Quesenberry, V. Arlene Morris
      Pages 91-101

    10. Effects of Calcium Release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum on Intramembrane Charge Movement in Skeletal Muscle

      • László Csernoch, Gonzalo Pizarro, Jesús García, Géza Szücs, Enrico Stefani, Eduardo Ríos
      Pages 137-148

    12. Regulation of Calcium Slow Channels in Cardiac Muscle and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

      • Nicholas Sperelakis, Noritsugu Tohse, Yusuke Ohya
      Pages 163-187

    14. Calcium Release and Force Development in Rat Myocardium

      • H. E. D. J. ter Keurs, P. H. Backx, H. Banijamali, B. MacIntosh, W. D. Gao
      Pages 199-212

    15. Potentiation of Contraction as Related to Changes in Free and Total Intracellular Calcium

      • Maria-Fiora Wendt-Gallitelli, Gerrit Isenberg
      Pages 213-226

    19. The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skeletal Muscle: A Look from Inside

      • Pompeo Volpe, Adelina Martini, Alessandra Nori
      Pages 263-275
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About this book

The Third International Symposium on Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscle, organized by George Frank, C. Paul Bianchi, and Henk E. DJ. ter Keurs, was held in Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada during June 26 to June 30, 1991. The theme of these symposia has been to recognize the similarities and dissimilarities of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Cross fertilization of concepts of excitation-contraction coupling in these three types of muscle has occurred since the early studies in the late fifties and early sixties on skeletal muscle. Investigators in each field meet only at specialized symposia which exclude investigators in the other fields. The purpose of the symposia has been to bring together international investigators studying excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle so that we may learn from each other and hence provide a more global concept of excitation-contraction. The Third International Symposia has accomplished its objective as we recognize that calcium channels of the sarcolemma and the sarcoplasmic reticulum play key essential roles in excitation-contraction coupling in all three types of muscles. In skeletal muscle the recognition that E-C coupling consists of two parallel mechanisms, one dependent upon a dihydropyridine voltage-sensitive sensors coupled to calcium release from the terminal cisternae via the ryanodine sensitive channel in the foot structure of the triad.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    George B. Frank

  • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

    C. Paul Bianchi

  • University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Henk E. D. J. Keurs

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