Voltage Dependence of Calcium Spike Characteristics in Rat Cardiac Myocytes
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Calcium signaling in cardiac myocytes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.11.2793