Biophysical aspects of cardiac muscle : proceedings of the Cardiac Muscle Symposium, May 14-16, 1977, Shiraz, Iran

Biophysical Aspects of Cardiac Muscle is based on the proceedings of the first cardiac muscle symposium held May 1977, at the Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran. The compendium deals with topics on the gating processes in excitable membranes; ionic transport mechanisms in the generation of cardiac action potential plateau; structure and function of the sarcotubular system; excitation-contraction coupling in heart muscle; and mechanisms of drug action in cardiac muscle. The book will be of value to physicians, cardiologists, physiologists, and researchers in the field of medicine and anatomy. Content: Members of the Organizing Committee , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v List of Contributors , Pages xi-xiii Foreword , Pages xv-xvii , M. Morad Preface , Pages xix-xx , M. Morad ON ARGUING FROM ONE KIND OF MUSCLE TO ANOTHER , Pages 3-23 , Andrew F. Huxley INTRAMEMBRANOUS CHARGE MOVEMENT AND CONTROL OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS BY MEMBRANE VOLTAGE , Pages 27-29 , Clay Armstrong ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF AMPHIBIAN SLOW MUSCLE FIBERS , Pages 31-44 , W.K. Chandler, W.F. Gilly, C.S. Hui CHARGE MOVEMENT IN THE MEMBRANE OF STRIATED MUSCLE , Pages 45-54 , R.H. Adrian LOCAL ANESTHETIC ACTION ON INACTIVATION OF THE Na CHANNEL IN NERVE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS , Pages 55-74 , Bertil Hille MODELS OF GATING CURRENT AND SODIUM CONDUCTANCE INACTIVATION , Pages 75-88 , Clay M. Armstrong INWARD RECTIFIER: CARRIERS VS. CHANNELS , Pages 91-105 , R.H. Adrian CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN EXCITABLE MEMBRANES , Pages 107-128 , Peter A. McNaughton VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE OF TETRODOTOXIN ACTION IN MAMMALIAN CARDIAC MUSCLE , Pages 129-142 , H. Reuter, M. Baer, P.M. Best THE EFFECT OF CESIUM IONS ON 42 K EFFLUX IN CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBERS , Pages 143-151 , E. Carmeliet POTASSIUM CURRENTS IN VENTRICULAR MUSCLE , Pages 153-179 , Lars Cleemann, Martin Morad GENERAL DISCUSSION ON “THE INWARD RECTIFIER“ , Pages 181-184 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS STRUCTURAL BASIS OF E-C COUPLING , Pages 187-190 , L.D. Peachey THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF MUSCLE FIBER , Pages 191-205 , L.D. Peachey OPTICAL INDICATIONS OF EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN STRIATED MUSCLE , Pages 207-228 , S.M. Baylor, W.K. Chandler FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS FROM SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS , Pages 229-254 , F. Bezanilla, J. Vergara THE AEQUORIN SIGNAL DURING ACTIVATION OF MUSCLE , Pages 255-269 , Reinhardt Rüdel THE EFFECT OF EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM ON THE EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING IN FROG HEART , Pages 273-283 , Michèle Ildefonse, Michel Roche, Oger Rougier A Ca-TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATION OF TENSION IN FROG VENTRICULAR MUSCLE , Pages 285-305 , M. Morad, T. Klitzner E-C COUPLING STUDIES ON SKINNED CARDIAC FIBERS , Pages 307-327 , M. Endo, T. Kitazawa MEMBRANE CONTROL OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILE SYSTEMS , Pages 329-342 , Saul Winegrad, George B. McClellan DIGITALIS: INOTROPIC AND ARRHYTHMOGENIC EFFECTS ON MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBERS , Pages 345-368 , R.W. Tsien, R. Weingart, R.S. Kass TWO MECHANISMS FOR THE INOTROPIC ACTION OF OUABAIN ON SHEEP CARDIAC PURKINJE FIBER CONTRACTILITY , Pages 369-378 , B.E. Blood, D. Noble GLYCOSIDE INDUCED STIMULATION OF MEMBRANE Na-K ATPase–FACT OR ARTIFACT? , Pages 379-389 , Brian E. Blood ANALYSIS OF CATECHOLAMINE ACTION IN FROG ATRIAL FIBERS , Pages 391-406 , Sally Page