Overview
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George B. Frank
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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C. Paul Bianchi
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Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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Henk E. D. J. Keurs
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University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Table of contents (74 chapters)
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Presenters
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- Larry V. Hryshko, Donald M. Bers
Pages 413-415
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- Gary L. Morris, J. H. Wang
Pages 417-417
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- A. M. Öz, S. M. J. Dunn, G. B. Frank
Pages 419-421
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- Atso Raasmaja, Antti Talo, Heimo Haikala, Erkki Nissinen, Inge-Britt Lindén, Pentti Pohto
Pages 423-423
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- P. J. Yazaki, H. B. Cunningham, J. J. Kang, C. Jachec, S. A. Hunt, R. C. Domingo et al.
Pages 425-426
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- Y. T. Xuan, O. L. Wang, A. R. Whorton
Pages 427-428
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- Peter K. Chiang, J. Katzhendler, Richard K. Gordon, B. P. Doctor, Nesbitt D. Brown
Pages 429-430
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- M. Fujino, T. Arima, C. Hasegawa, K. Harano, M. Takahashi, S. Sano et al.
Pages 431-432
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- Jianmin Duan, Margaret P. Moffat
Pages 435-436
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- Stephen M. Freedman, Debesh K. Basu, John L. Wallace, Eldon A. Shaffer
Pages 437-438
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- W. McD. Anderson, J. H. Zavecz, P. Tso
Pages 445-447
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- Masako Fujino, Sumiko Fujino, Kumi Satoh, Tohru Nakai, Tetsuo Kado
Pages 449-451
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- Glenna Bett, Denis Noble, Susan Noble, Yung Earm, Won-Kyung Ho, In-Suk So
Pages 453-454
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Back Matter
Pages 455-464
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
George B. Frank
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Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
C. Paul Bianchi
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University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Henk E. D. J. Keurs