Why the study?
Do caffeine and tetracaine affect the time course of potassium contractures in single muscle fibres?
Population
Single muscle fibres
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Supports mechanistic studies of excitation-contraction coupling; should not yet influence clinical practice.
Do caffeine and tetracaine affect the time course of potassium contractures in single muscle fibres?
Caffeine prolongs and local anesthetics shorten the inactivation time course of potassium contractures in single muscle fibers.
Carlo Caputo (1976) studied this question.
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