Abstract
The cardiac myocyte t-tubular system ensures rapid, uniform cell activation and several experimental lines of evidence suggest changes in the t-tubular system and associated excitation-contraction coupling proteins may occur in heart failure.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e17901 |
| Journal | PLoS One |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- Actin Cytoskeleton
- Aged
- Calcium Channels, L-Type
- Excitation Contraction Coupling
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Myocytes, Cardiac
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
- Sarcolemma
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
- Staining and Labeling
- Wheat Germ Agglutinins