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Figure 1.

Calcium sparks. These signals are spontaneous, transient, small bursts of sub-membrane Ca2+ originating from clusters of Ca2+-release channels on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (Ca2+ stores) as shown here for an isolated vascular smooth muscle cell at 4 time points (>500 ms apart).

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  1. MI April 2005 vol. 5 no. 2 112-127