Taurine 4: Taurine and Excitable Tissues

by Ryan J. Huxtable

Book Overview

Mitochondria from mammalian tissues possess an elaborate system for 2+ 2+ transporting Ca across their inner membrane which consists of Ca import, 2+ via the Ca uniporter, in response to the mitochondrial membrane 2+ + potential and of Ca release by an antiport system in exchange for H + 9,23 or Na (see Fig. l) . Because the uniporter is dependent upon the external 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ Ca concentration ([Ca ]), mitochondria accumulate Ca until the [Ca ] o...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475773420
• ISBN13: 9781475773422
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"