The recrystallization behavior of cold-rolled, commercial-purity titanium was studied experimentally and with Monte-Carlo (MC) modeling. Utilization of EBSD-OIM as input for MC modeling resulted in realistic predictions of recrystallization kinetics, microstructure and texture, which were in good agreement with experimental results. MC modeling of recrystallization kinetics predicted that non-u...

Local anesthetic antiarrhythmic drugs block voltage-gated Na(+) channels from the cytoplasmic side. In addition, cardiac Na(+) channels can be also blocked by the membrane-impermeant local anesthetic QX via external paths not present in skeletal muscle or brain channels. Introduction of cardiac isoform-specific residues into wild-type skeletal muscle or brain channels creates access paths for e...

In single frog skeletal myocytes, a linear relationship exists between "fatigability" and oxidative capacity. The purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between the intracellular Po(2) (Pi(O(2))) offset kinetics and fatigability in single Xenopus laevis myocytes to test the hypothesis that Pi(O(2)) offset kinetics would be related linearly with myocyte fatigability and, by ...

Calcium channels are important targets for therapeutics, but their molecular diversity complicates characterization of these channels in native heart cells. In this study, we identify a new splice variant of a low-voltage activated, or T-type Ca(2+), channel in murine atrial myocytes. To date, alpha1G and alpha1H are the only 2 T-type Ca(2+) channel isoforms found in cardiovascular tissue. We c...

Calcium channels are important targets for therapeutics, but their molecular diversity complicates characterization of these channels in native heart cells. In this study, we identify a new splice variant of a low-voltage activated, or T-type Ca, channel in murine atrial myocytes. To date, a1G and a1H are the only 2 T-type Ca channel isoforms found in cardiovascular tissue. We compared a1G and ...