Table 3.
Hill coefficient and pCa50 in intact and demembranated rat trabeculae
SourceTemp. (°C)SL (μm)Free Mg2+ (mM)nHpCa50
Intact      
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 8) 22.0 2.2  4.87 6.21 
Janssen et al., 2002  22.5 2.2  4.8 6.16 
Yue et al., 1986 (Fig. 2)    5.59 6.34 
MUSICO 22.5 2.2  5.1 6.2 
Demembranated      
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 5) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 1.2 2.44 5.5 
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 5) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 1.2 2.84 5.61 
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 8) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 0.5 3.75 6.03 
Dobesh et al., 2002  15 2.25 1.0 6.9 5.48 
Kreutziger et al., 2011  15 2.29  5.74 5.37 
SourceTemp. (°C)SL (μm)Free Mg2+ (mM)nHpCa50
Intact      
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 8) 22.0 2.2  4.87 6.21 
Janssen et al., 2002  22.5 2.2  4.8 6.16 
Yue et al., 1986 (Fig. 2)    5.59 6.34 
MUSICO 22.5 2.2  5.1 6.2 
Demembranated      
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 5) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 1.2 2.44 5.5 
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 5) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 1.2 2.84 5.61 
Gao et al., 1994 (Fig. 8) 20.0–22.0 2.2–2.3 0.5 3.75 6.03 
Dobesh et al., 2002  15 2.25 1.0 6.9 5.48 
Kreutziger et al., 2011  15 2.29  5.74 5.37 

The observed values are complemented with MUSICO predictions, shown in Fig. 7, for intact muscles. Displayed in parantheses are the figure numbers in the cited references from which data were taken.

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