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electromechanical coupling

Definition

electromechanical coupling rate
a process of calcium release in skeletal (not cardiac or smooth) muscle which relies on the dissociation of the voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) from the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) due to a depolarization of the t-tubule membrane.

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