by Takaki, Takeshita, Hattori, Misawa



Please refer our previous papers[Am.J.Physiol.270: H1063-H1070, 1996; J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 30(3): 649-659, 1998; Am J Physiol 276 (Heart Circ Physiol 45): H74-79, 1999.] if you want more detailed informations.

Experimental setting


References

1. Yasuhara S, Takaki M, Kikuta A, Ito H, Suga H: Myocardial VO2 of mechanically unloaded contraction of rat ventricular slices neasured by a new approach. Am. J. Physiol. 270 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 39): H1063-H1070, 1996.

2. Takaki M, Kohzuki H, Kawatani Y, Yoshida A, Ishidate H, Suga H: Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump blockade decreases O2 use of unloaded contracting rat heart slices : thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid. J. Molecular Cellular Cardiol 30(3)F649-659, 1998.

3. Kohzuki H, Misawa H, Sakata S, Ohga Y, Suga H, Takaki M. : Energy expenditure by barium contracture in rat ventricular slices derives from crossbridge cycling. Am J Physiol 277 (Heart Circ Physiol 46): H74-79, 1999.

4. Kohzuki H, Misawa H, Sakata S, Ohga Y, Takaki M: Sustained high O2 use for Ca2+ hadling in rat ventricular slices under decreased free shortening after ryanodine. Am J Physiol: Heart & Circ Physio‚Œ, 281, 566-572, 2001.

5.Yamashita D, Kohzuki H, Kitagawa Y, Nakashima T, Kikuta A, Takaki M: Oxygen consumption of mechanically unloaded contractions of mouse left ventricular myocardial slices. Am J Physiol: Heart & Circ Physiol, 287(1)H54-62, 2004.

6. Shimizu J, Yamashita D, Hiromi M, Tohne K, Matsuoka S, Kim B, Takeuchi A, Nakajima-Takenaka C, Takaki M: Increased O2 consumption in excitation-contraction coupling in hypertrophied rat heart slices related to increased Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity. The Journal of Physiological Sciences 59: 63-74, 2009.

7. Daisuke Takeshita, Chikako Nakajima-Takenaka, Juichiro Shimizu, Hiroshi Hattori, Tamiji Nakashima, Akio Kikuta, Hiroko Matsuyoshi, Miyako Takaki: Effects of formaldehyde on cardiovascular system in in situ rat hearts. BCPT, 2009. (in press)