Inactivation of Calcium Currents in Muscle Fibers from Balanus

Our interest in calcium currents arose from our intention to approach an understanding of excitation-contraction coupling in muscle fibers from Balanus (Bacigalupo et al., 1979; Hidalgo et al., 1979; Luxoro and Nassar-Gentina, 1984). For a full account of recent developments on the subject, the student is referred to recent reviews (Reuter, 1979; Hagiwara and Byerly, 1981; Tsien, 1983; Kostyuk, 1984).