Marino DiFranco

Characterization of the calcium release domains during excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibres.

Comparison between the predictions of diffusion-reaction models and localized Ca2+ transients in amphibian skeletal muscle fibers.

The action potential-evoked sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release is impaired in mdx mouse muscle fibres.

Propagation in the transverse tubular system and voltage dependence of calcium release in normal and mdx mouse muscle fibres.

Quantitative evaluation of mammalian skeletal muscle as a heterologous protein expression system.

Calcium release domains in mammalian skeletal muscle studied with two-photon imaging and spot detection techniques.

Modulation by caffeine of calcium-release microdomains in frog skeletal muscle fibers.

Voltage-dependent dynamic FRET signals from the transverse tubules in mammalian skeletal muscle fibers.

Somatic Ca2+ transients do not contribute to inspiratory drive in preBötzinger Complex neurons.

Dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers display alterations at the level of calcium microdomains.

Effects of membrane depolarization and changes in extracellular [K(+)] on the Ca (2+) transients of fast skeletal muscle fibers. Implications for muscle fatigue.

Excitation-contraction coupling alterations in mdx and utrophin/dystrophin double knockout mice: a comparative study.

Chloride currents from the transverse tubular system in adult mammalian skeletal muscle fibers.

Functional expression of transgenic 1sDHPR channels in adult mammalian skeletal muscle fibres.

Pathogenity of some limb girdle muscular dystrophy mutations can result from reduced anchorage to myofibrils and altered stability of calpain 3.

The Na conductance in the sarcolemma and the transverse tubular system membranes of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers.