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Myocardium

Known as: Muscle, Heart, Myocardial Tissue, Muscles, Cardiac 
The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to… 
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Broader (5)

Cardiac wall structureMuscleMuscle, StriatedSkeletal muscle structure

Narrower (1)

Reticular tissue

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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The role of calcium in the ischemic myocardium.
Abstract Ischemia of the myocardium results in a loss of ultrastructure and function. Tension generation is diminished or… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The regulation of the calcium sensitivity of the contractile system in mammalian cardiac muscle
Treatment of rat ventricular cells with 10 mM EGTA makes the sarcolemma highly permeable to small ions and molecules without… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Potassium efflux in heart muscle during activity: extracellular accumulation and its implications.
1. Extracellular K+ activity and transmembrane potential were simultaneously monitored with a K+‐selective micro‐electrode placed… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Active and inactive forms of pyruvate dehydrogenase in rat liver. Effect of starvation and refeeding and of insulin treatment on pyruvate-dehydrogenase interconversion.
Active form and total activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase were measured in rat liver homogenates. The activity obtained… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Decrease in K+ conductance and depolarization of frog cardiac muscle produced by Ba++.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Onset of contractility in cardiac muscle
1. A technique is described whereby (i) quick stretches and releases of controlled velocity, amplitude and time of onset can be… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF CARDIAC RIBOSOMES AND POLYSOMES.
1. A method is described by which good yields of ribosomes and polysomes free of contamination by submitochondrial fragments can… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
THE QUANTIFICATION OF MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY IN DOG AND MAN.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR THE SUBUNIT STRUCTURE OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOZYMES.
The lactate dehydrogenases commonly occur in from one to five molecular forms (isozymes) in the various tissues of an animal… 
Highly Cited
1933
Highly Cited
1933
The distribution of the currents of action and of injury displayed by heart muscle and other excitable tissues