Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society Symposium: New Frontiers in Muscle Research
‘Current’ advances in mechanically skinned skeletal muscle fibres

1. In skeletal muscle, excitation–contraction (E‐C) coupling describes a cascade of cellular events initiated by an action potential (AP) at the surface membrane that ultimately results in muscle contraction. Being able to specifically manipulate the many processes that constitute E‐C coupling, as well as the many factors that modulate these processes, has proven challenging.

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