The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor ...

Perhaps no cell type uses calcium in as many ways as does a cardiac myocyte. In addition to its well-known involvement in regulating cardiac contractility, recent studies have emphasized the ...

DALLAS – April 5, 2004 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are the first to use genetically engineered mice containing a fluorescent molecule to examine in real time the chemical ...