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calcium spark: a standalone construct

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Physiology

a brief local calcium release from internal stores that serves as the elementary unit of a larger signal.

In physiology, calcium spark refers to a brief local calcium release from internal stores that serves as the elementary unit of a larger signal. This meaning comes from Cheng (1993) in Science.[1]

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References

Cheng, H., Lederer, W. J., & Cannell, M. B. (1993). Calcium Sparks: Elementary Events Underlying Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Heart Muscle. Science, 262(5134), 740-744. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8235594

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