Cardiac Muscle: the Regulation of Excitation and Contraction

Content: 
Research Topics in Physiology, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv, Richard D. Nathan
1 - Ionic Currents Underlying Cardiac Pacemaker Activity: A Summary of Voltage-Clamp Data from Single Cells, Pages 1-27, Wayne Giles, A. van Ginneken, E.F. Shibata
2 - Inactivation and Modulation of Cardiac Ca Channels, Pages 29-53, Robert S. Kass, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Douglas S. Krafte
3 - Negative Surface Charge: Its Identification and Regulation of Cardiac Electrogenesis, Pages 55-86, Richard D. Nathan
4 - Mechanisms of β-Adrenergic and Cholinergic Control of Ca and K Currents in the Heart, Pages 87-128, W. Trautwein, W. Osterrieder
5 - Modulation of Cell Electrical Properties by Peptide Hormones, Pages 129-170, Robert L. DeHaan
6 - Sodium–Calcium Exchange and Its Role in Generating Electric Current, Pages 171-200, Denis Noble
7 - Some Experimental Studies of Na–Ca Exchange in Heart Muscle, Pages 201-216, Harry A. Fozzard
8 - The Regulation of Tension in Heart Muscle by Intracellular Sodium, Pages 217-235, W.J. Lederer, R.D. Vaughan-Jones, D.A. Eisner, S-S. Sheu, M.B. Cannell
9 - Cardiac Glycosides: Regulation of Force and Rhythm, Pages 237-267, Mario Vassalle
10 - Calcium at the Sarcolemma: Its Role in Control of Myocardial Contraction, Pages 269-281, G.A. Longer
11 - Release of Calcium from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, Pages 283-295, Alexandre Fabiato
12 - Calcium-Binding Proteins in the Regulation of Muscle Contraction, Pages 297-313, J. David Johnson, Elias J. Khabbaza, Brinda L. Bailey, Theodore J. Grieshop
Index, Pages 315-324