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The caged calcium compound nitr-5 was used to investigate the effects of a rapid increase in intracellular calcium concentration on the L-type calcium current (ICa) of guinea pig ventricular cells. Short term inactivation and longer lasting potentiation were observed.
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Bates, S.E., Gurney, A.M. (1992). Modulation of L-Type Calcium Current in Mammalian Ventricular Myocytes by Photolysis of Caged Calcium. In: Frank, G.B., Bianchi, C.P., ter Keurs, H.E.D.J. (eds) Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscle. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 311. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3362-7_46
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