A Practical Guide to the Study of Calcium in Living Cells

Ca²⁺ Buffers and [Ca²⁺]I Perturbation Techniques:<br>D.M. Bers, C.W. Patton, and R. Nuccitelli, A Practical Guide to the Preparation of Ca²⁺ Buffers.<br>R. Zucker, Photorelease Techniques for Raising or Lowering Intracellular Ca²⁺.<br>D. Thomas and M.R. Hanley, Pharmacological Tools for Perturbing Intracellular Calcium Storage.<br>Microelectrode Techniques for Measuring [Ca²⁺]I and Ca²⁺ Fluxes:<br>S. Baudet, L. Hove-Madsen, and D.M. Bers, How to Make and to Use Calcium-Specific Mini- and Microelectrodes.<br>P.J.S. Smith, R.H. Sanger, and L.F. Jaffe, The Vibrating Ca²⁺ Electrode: A New Technique for Detecting Plasma Membrane Regions of Ca²⁺ Influx and Efflux.<br>C.A. Leech and G.G. Holz, IV, Application of Patch Clamp Methods to the Study of Calcium Currents and Calcium Channels.<br>Fluorescence Techniques for Imaging [Ca²⁺]I:<br>J.P.Y. Kao, Practical Aspects of Measuring [Ca²⁺] with Fluorescent Indicators.<br>S.J. Morris, T.B. Wiegmann, L.W. Welling, and B.M. Chronwall, Rapid Simultaneous Estimation of Intracellular Calcium and pH.<br>T.J. Keating and R.J. Cork, Improved Spatial Resolution in Ratio Images Using Computational Confocal Techniques.<br>P.A. Diliberto, X.F. Wang, and B. Herman, Confocal Imaging of Ca²⁺ in Cells.<br>S. Girard and D.E. Clapham, Simultaneous Near Ultraviolet and Visible Excitation Confocal Microscopy of Calcium Transients in Xenopus Oocytes.<br>Use of Aequorin for [Ca²⁺]I Imaging:<br>K.R. Robinson, T.J. Keating, and R. J. Cork, Inexpensive Techniques for Measuring [Ca²+]I Changes Using a Photomultiplier Tube.<br>A.L. Miller, E. Karplus, and L.F. Jaffe, Imaging [Ca²⁺]I with Aequorin Using a Photon Imaging Detector.<br>R. Rizzuto, M. Brini, and T. Pozzan, Targeting Recombinant Aequorin to Specific Intracellular Organelles.<br>Index.