Biophysical Aspects of Cardiac Muscle

Content: 
Members of the Organizing Committee, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xiii
Foreword, Pages xv-xvii, M. Morad
Preface, Pages xix-xx, M. Morad
ON ARGUING FROM ONE KIND OF MUSCLE TO ANOTHER, Pages 3-23, Andrew F. Huxley
INTRAMEMBRANOUS CHARGE MOVEMENT AND CONTROL OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS BY MEMBRANE VOLTAGE, Pages 27-29, Clay Armstrong
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF AMPHIBIAN SLOW MUSCLE FIBERS, Pages 31-44, W.K. Chandler, W.F. Gilly, C.S. Hui
CHARGE MOVEMENT IN THE MEMBRANE OF STRIATED MUSCLE, Pages 45-54, R.H. Adrian
LOCAL ANESTHETIC ACTION ON INACTIVATION OF THE Na CHANNEL IN NERVE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS, Pages 55-74, Bertil Hille
MODELS OF GATING CURRENT AND SODIUM CONDUCTANCE INACTIVATION, Pages 75-88, Clay M. Armstrong
INWARD RECTIFIER: CARRIERS VS. CHANNELS, Pages 91-105, R.H. Adrian
CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN EXCITABLE MEMBRANES, Pages 107-128, Peter A. McNaughton
VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE OF TETRODOTOXIN ACTION IN MAMMALIAN CARDIAC MUSCLE, Pages 129-142, H. Reuter, M. Baer, P.M. Best
THE EFFECT OF CESIUM IONS ON 42K EFFLUX IN CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBERS, Pages 143-151, E. Carmeliet
POTASSIUM CURRENTS IN VENTRICULAR MUSCLE, Pages 153-179, Lars Cleemann, Martin Morad
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON “THE INWARD RECTIFIER“, Pages 181-184
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS STRUCTURAL BASIS OF E-C COUPLING, Pages 187-190, L.D. Peachey
THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF MUSCLE FIBER, Pages 191-205, L.D. Peachey
OPTICAL INDICATIONS OF EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN STRIATED MUSCLE, Pages 207-228, S.M. Baylor, W.K. Chandler
FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS FROM SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS, Pages 229-254, F. Bezanilla, J. Vergara
THE AEQUORIN SIGNAL DURING ACTIVATION OF MUSCLE, Pages 255-269, Reinhardt Rüdel
THE EFFECT OF EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM ON THE EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING IN FROG HEART, Pages 273-283, Michèle Ildefonse, Michel Roche, Oger Rougier
A Ca-TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATION OF TENSION IN FROG VENTRICULAR MUSCLE, Pages 285-305, M. Morad, T. Klitzner
E-C COUPLING STUDIES ON SKINNED CARDIAC FIBERS, Pages 307-327, M. Endo, T. Kitazawa
MEMBRANE CONTROL OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILE SYSTEMS, Pages 329-342, Saul Winegrad, George B. McClellan
DIGITALIS: INOTROPIC AND ARRHYTHMOGENIC EFFECTS ON MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBERS, Pages 345-368, R.W. Tsien, R. Weingart, R.S. Kass
TWO MECHANISMS FOR THE INOTROPIC ACTION OF OUABAIN ON SHEEP CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBER CONTRACTILITY, Pages 369-378, B.E. Blood, D. Noble
GLYCOSIDE INDUCED STIMULATION OF MEMBRANE Na-K ATPase–FACT OR ARTIFACT?, Pages 379-389, Brian E. Blood
ANALYSIS OF CATECHOLAMINE ACTION IN FROG ATRIAL FIBERS, Pages 391-406, Sally Page