Different Densities of Na-Ca Exchange Current in T-Tubular and Surface Membranes and Their Impact on Cellular Activity in a Model of Rat Ventricular Cardiomyocyte

Table 3

Basic characteristics of rats used in so far published studies dealing with the distribution of Na-Ca exchangers between the t-tubular and surface membranes. The strain, gender, and weight of rats used by Thomas et al. [16] and Yang et al. [18] were kindly provided by Professor Ivar Sjaastad from University of Oslo and by Professor Clive Orchard from University of Bristol. The values denoted by asterisk were obtained from the growth chart at http://www.criver.com/.

Strain	Gender	Age (weeks)	Weight (g)	Ref.
Wistar	Male	~25	~460 g	[15, 21]
Wistar	Male	~	~300 g	[16]
Sprague-Dawley	Male	~	~300 g	[17, 22]
Wistar	Male	~	~250 g	[18]