Bone mineralizationis one of the many functions of calcium. Bone formation continues throughout life; it continues to lose and gain mineral matter via remodeling through the action of osteoblasts, which synthesize the collagen matrix, and osteoclasts, which are stimulated by PTH to reabsorb calcium...
Acute symptomatic hypocalcemia requires therapy with intravenous calcium. This can be given as 10 to 20 mL ofcalcium gluconate(90 mg of Ca++per 10-mL ampule) infused at no more than 2 mL/min. This should be repeated as needed to keep the patient free of symptoms. In hypocalcemia associated...
In ventricular myocytes, the L-type calcium current regulates excitation contraction coupling and influences the plateau height of the action potential, as well as total action potential duration [15]. L-type calcium channels do not play a critical role in chest blow induced ventricular fibrillation...
The author points out that ascorbic acid has a strong solvent action on CaCO3, and solutions containing "100 per cent. of calcium" can be obtained. It is suggested that ascorbic acid is the natural stabilising agent for Ca in the body. "Calcium cevitamate "is non-irritating when injected...
Mechanical stimulation is a promising means to non-invasively excite and modulate neuronal networks with a high spatial resolution. Despite the thorough characterization of the initiation mechanism, whether or how mechanical responses disperse into non-t
3. it can be significant and long-term in cardiac ACE inhibition. Captopril and fosinopril also have this effect, but they have shorter duration of action. 4. it can improve left ventricular function after ischemia, increase coronary blood flow, reduce creatine kinase (CK) release, but fosin...
The benefit or detrimental effects of wearing contact lenses depend not only upon the substance, but also on factors including the form of the substance, characteristics and duration of the exposure, the uses of other eye protection equipment, and the hygiene of the lenses. However, there may ...
We here describe a novel α-conopeptide, Eu1.6 from Conus eburneus, which exhibits strong anti-nociceptive activity by an unexpected mechanism of action. Unlike other α-conopeptides that largely target nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), Eu1.6 d
26 Cells that were loaded with Fura-2-AM were placed in a microincubator with the temperature set to 37 °C, and a gaseous mixture of 95% air and 5% CO2 for the duration of the experiment. IX81 microscope images of the cells were taken using an IX81 motorized inverted microscope ...
For whole-cell recordings, the pipette was filled with internal solution containing 102 mM potassium gluconate, 0.085 mM CaCl2, 0.94 mM EGTA, 8.5 mM HEPES, 17 mM NaCl (pH 7.2), 4 mM Mg-ATP, and 0.5 mM Na-GTP. For cell-attached recordings, the pipette was filled with the filtered ...