Ghost sparks

CW Ward, WJ Lederer - Nature cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Highly localized Ca2+ signals called Ca2+ sparks have been widely reported in all
mammalian muscle types except adult skeletal muscle. We now learn that these …

[HTML][HTML] The Ca2+ spark of mammalian muscle. Physiology or pathology?

E Rios - The Journal of Physiology, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In every type of muscle it is necessary to increase [Ca2+] in the cytosol to trigger contraction,
then decrease it to allow relaxation. This transient must be especially sharp and brief in fast …