Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) plays an important role in regulating muscle force production, metabolism, and muscle gene expression. It is hypothesized that the precise pattern of Ca2+ oscillations, determined by the Ca2+ channels activated and the contributing Ca2+ pools, controls the coupling between neural activation, force production, cellular energetics, and gene expression. The physiological and cellular coordination between these events will be discussed.
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