Publications

Research Papers

[1]                Gerschenfeld, H.M. and Enrico Stefani. 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors and synaptic transmission in molluscan neurones. Nature 205:1216-1218, 1965.

[2]                Gerschenfeld, H.M. and Enrico Stefani. An electrophysiological study of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors of neurones in the molluscan nervous system. Journal of Physiology 185:684-700, 1966.

[3]                Chiarandini, D.J., Enrico Stefani and H.M. Gerschenfeld. Inhibition of membrane permeability to chloride by copper in molluscan neurones. Nature 213:97-99, 1967.

[4]                Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Two different ionic mechanisms generating the spike "positive" after potential in molluscan neurons. Journal of General Physiology 50:1183-1200, 1967.

[5]                Chiarandini, D.J., H.M. Gerschenfeld and Enrico Stefani. Ionic mechanisms of cholinergic excitation in molluscan neurones. Science 156:1597-1599, 1967.

[6]                Elul, E., R. Miledi and Enrico Stefani. Neurotrophic control of contracture in slow muscle fibres. Nature 217:1274-1275, 1968.

[7]                Enrico Stefani and A. Steinbach. Persistence of excitation-contraction coupling in “slow” muscle fibres after a treatment that destroys transverse tubules in "twitch" fibres. Nature 218:681-682, 1968.

[8]                Colomo, F., R. Rahamimoff and Enrico Stefani. An action of 5-hydroxytryptamine on the frog motor end-plate. European Journal of Pharmacology 3:272-274, 1968.

[9]                Miledi, R., Enrico Stefani and J. Zelena. Neural control of acetylcholine-sensitivity in rat muscle fibres. Nature 220:497-498, 1968.

[10]            Enrico Stefani and H.M. Gerschenfeld. Comparative study of acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors on single snail neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 32:64-74, 1969.

[11]            Miledi, R. and Enrico Stefani. Non-selective re-innervation of slow and fast muscle fibres in the rat. Nature 222:569-571, 1969.

[12]            Enrico Stefani  and A.B. Steinbach. Resting potential and electrical properties of frog slow muscle fibres. Effects of different external solutions. Journal of Physiology 203:383-401, 1969.

[13]            Miledi, R. and Enrico Stefani. Miniature potentials in denervated slow muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 209:179-186, 1970.

[14]            Elul, R., R. Miledi and Enrico Stefani. Neural control of contracture in slow muscle fibres of the frog. Acta Physiologica Latino Americana 20:194-226, 1970.

[15]            Duchen, L.W. and Enrico Stefani. Electrophysiological studies of neuromuscular transmission in hereditary "motor end-plate disease" of the mouse. Journal of Physiology 212:535-548, 1971.

[16]            Enrico Stefani.  Neural control of mechanical and electrical properties in slow muscle fibres of the frog. Der Anaesthetist 20:1-6, 1971.

[17]            R. Miledi, Enrico Stefani  and A.B. Steinbach. Induction of the action potential mechanism in slow muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 217:737-754, 1971.

[18]            Lunt, G.G., Enrico Stefani  and E. de Robertis. Increased incorporation of (G-3H) leucine into a possible "receptor" proteolipid in denervated muscle in vivo. Journal of Neurochemistry 18:1545-1553, 1971.

[19]            Enrico Stefani and H. Schmidt. A convenient method for repeated intracellular recording of action potentials from the same muscle fibre without membrane damage. Pflügers Archives 334:276-278, 1972.

[20]            Enrico Stefani and H. Schmidt. Early stage of re-innervation of frog muscle fibres. Pflügers Archives 336:271-275, 1972.

[21]            Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Effects of manganese on the electrical and mechanical properties of frog skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 232:129-147, 1973.

[22]            Enrico Stefani and D.J. Chiarandini. Skeletal muscle: Dependence of potassium contractures on extracellular calcium. Pflügers Archives 343:143-150, 1973.

[23]            Enrico Stefani and H. Schmidt. Contractile responses to depolarizing drugs of frog slow muscle fibres during re-innervation by fast motor axons. Acta Physiologica Latino Americana 23:320-322, 1973.

[24]            Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Twitch potentiation by potassium contractures in single muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 240:1-14, 1974.

[25]            Enrico Stefani and D. Uchitel. Potassium and calcium conductances in slow muscle fibres of the toad. Journal of Physiology 255:435-448, 1976.

[26]            Schmidt, H. and Enrico Stefani. Re-innervation of twitch and muscle fibres of the frog after crushing the motor nerves. Journal of Physiology 258:99-123, 1976.

[27]            Schmidt, H. and Enrico Stefani. Action potentials in slow muscle fibres of the frog during regeneration of motor nerves. Journal of Physiology 270:507-517, 1977.

[28]            Beaty, G.N. and Enrico Stefani Calcium dependent electrical activity in twitch muscle fibres of the frog. Proceedings of The Royal Society, London. B. 194:141-150, 1977.

[29]            Sánchez, J.A. and Enrico Stefani. Inward calcium current in twitch muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 283:197-209, 1978.

[30]            Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Electrophysiological identification of two types of fibres in rat extraocular muscles. Journal of Physiology 290:453-465, 1979.

[31]            Rudomin, P., Enrico Stefani and R. Werman. Voltage sensitivity of small, focal transient potassium depolarizations in snail neurons: Relevance for diagnosis of chemical synaptic activity. Journal of Neurophysiology 42:912-924, 1979.

[32]            Siri, L.N., J.A. Sánchez and Enrico Stefani. Effect of glycerol treatment on the calcium current of frog skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology 305:87-96, 1980.

[33]            Chiarandini, D.J., J.A. Sánchez and Enrico Stefani. Effect of calcium withdrawal on mechanical threshold in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 303:153-163, 1980.

[34]            Cereijido, M., Enrico Stefani and A. Martínez-Palomo. Occluding junctions in a cultures transporting epithelium: Structural and functional heterogeneity. Journal of Membrane Biology 53:19-32, 1980.

[35]            Cota, G. and Enrico Stefani. Effects of external calcium reduction on the kinetics of potassium contractures in frog twitch muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 317:303-316, 1981.

[36]            Huerta, M. and Enrico Stefani. Potassium and caffeine contractures in fast and slow muscles of the chicken. Journal of Physiology 318:181-189, 1981.

[37]            Meza, I., M. Sabanero, Enrico Stefani and M. Cereijido. Occluding junctions in MDCK cells: modulation of transepithelial permeability by the cytoskeleton. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 18:407-421, 1982.

[38]            Enrico Stefani and D.J. Chiarandini. Ionic channels in muscle. Annual Review Physiology 44:357-372, 1982.

[39]            Cota, G. and Enrico Stefani. External calcium and contractile activation during potassium contractures in twitch muscle fibres of the frog. Canadian Journal of Physiology 60:513-523, 1982.

[40]            Cereijido, M., Enrico Stefani and B. Chavez de Ramirez. The Occluding Junctions of the Necturus Kidney. Journal of Membrane Biology 70:15-25, 1982.

[41]            Sánchez, J.A. and Enrico Stefani. Kinetic properties of calcium channels of twitch muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 337:1-18, 1983.

[42]            Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Calcium action potentials in rat fast-and slow-twitch muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 335:29-40, 1983.

[43]            Cota, G., L.N. Siri and Enrico Stefani. Calcium channel gating in frog skeletal muscle membrane: effect of temperature. Journal of Physiology 338:395-412, 1983.

[44]            Enrico Stefani and M. Cereijido. Electrical properties of cultured epithelioid cells (MDCK). Journal of Membrane Biology 73:177-184, 1983.

[45]            Elizalde, A., M. Huerta and Enrico Stefani. Selective re-innervation of slow muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 340:513-524, 1983.

[46]            Cota, G., and Enrico Stefani. Saturation of calcium channels and surface charge effects in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology 351:135-154, 1984.

[47]            Cota, G., L.N. Siri and Enrico Stefani. Calcium channel inactivation in frog (Rana pipiens and Rana moctezuma) skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 354:99-108, 1984.

[48]            Lopez-Vancell, R., G. Beaty, Enrico Stefani, Rodriguez-Boulan, and M. Cereijido. Changes in paracellular and cellular ionic permeabilities of monolayers of MDCK cells infected with viruses that bud from apical (influenza) or from basolateral (vesicular stomatitis) regions of the plasma membrane. Journal of Membrane Biology 81:171-180, 1984.

[49]            Cereijido, M., E. Robbins, D.D. Sabatini and Enrico Stefani. Cell-to-cell communication in monolayers of epithelioid cells (MDCK) as a function of the age of the monolayer. Journal of Membrane Biology 81:41-48, 1984.

[50]            Cota, G. and Enrico Stefani. A fast activated inward calcium current in twitch muscle fibres of the frog (Rana montezume). Journal of Physiology 370:151-163, 1986.

[51]            Huerta, M. and Enrico Stefani. Calcium action potentials and calcium currents in tonic muscle fibres of the frog (Rana pipiens). Journal of Physiology 372:293-301, 1986.

[52]            Toro, L., A. Gonzalez-Robles and Enrico Stefani. Electrical properties and morphology of single vascular smooth muscle cells in culture. American Journal of Physiology 251:C763-C773, 1986.

[53]            Huerta, M., J. Muñiz and Enrico Stefani. Effects of external calcium on potassium contractures in tonic muscle fibres of the frog (Rana pipiens). Journal of Physiology 376:219-230, 1986.

[54]            Avila-Sakar, A.J., G. Cota, R. Gamboa-Aldeco, J. García, M. Huerta, J. Muñiz and Enrico Stefani. Skeletal muscle Ca2+ channels. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 7:291-298, 1986.

[55]            Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani. Ca2+ and K+ currents in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from rat aorta. Pflügers Archives 408:417-419, 1987.

[56]            Brum, G., Enrico Stefani and E. Ríos. Simultaneous measurement of Ca2+ currents and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations in single skeletal muscle fibers of the frog. Canadian Journal of Physiology Pharmacology 65:681-685, 1987.

[57]            García, J. and Enrico Stefani. Appropriate conditions to record activation of fast Ca2+ channels in frog skeletal muscle (Rana pipiens). Pflügers Archives 408:646-648, 1987.

[58]            Bolivar, J.J., A. Lázaro, S. Fernández, Enrico Stefani , V. Peña-Cruz, C. Lechene and M. Cereijido. Rescue of a wild-type MDCK cell by a ouabain-resistant mutant. American Journal of Physiology 253:C151-C161, 1987.

[59]            Gamboa-Aldeco, R., M. Huerta and Enrico Stefani. Effect of Ca2+ channels blockers on K+ contractures in frog twitch fibres (Rana pipiens). Journal of Physiology 397:389-399, 1988.

[60]            Brum, G., E. Ríos and Enrico Stefani. Effects of extracellular calcium on the calcium movements of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibers. Journal of Physiology 398:441-473, 1988.

[61]            Jacoby, J., D.J. Chiarandini and Enrico Stefani. Electrical properties and innervation of fibers in the orbital layer of rat extraocular muscles. Journal of Neurophysiology 6:116-125, 1989.

[62]            Hamilton, S., R. Mejía, M. Fill, M.J. Hawkes, W.P. Schilling and Enrico Stefani. [3H]PN200-110 and [3H] ryanodine binding and reconstitution of ion channel activity with skeletal muscle membranes. Analytical Biochemistry 183:31-41, 1989.

[63]            Cota, G. and Enrico Stefani. Voltage dependent inactivation of slow calcium channels in intact twitch muscle fibers of the frog. Journal of General Physiology 94:937-951, 1989.

[64]            Francini, F. and Enrico Stefani. The decay of the slow calcium current in twitch muscle fibers of the frog is influenced by intracellular EGTA. Journal of General Physiology 94:953-969, 1989.

[65]            García, J., M. Amador, and Enrico Stefani. Relationship between myoplasmic calcium transients and calcium currents in frog skeletal muscle. Journal of General Physiology 94:973-986, 1989.

[66]            Toro, L., M. Amador and Enrico Stefani. ANG II inhibits calcium-activated potassium channels from coronary smooth muscle in lipid bilayers. American Journal of Physiology 258:H912-H915, 1990.

[67]            Toro, L., J. Ramos-Franco and Enrico Stefani. GTP dependent regulation of myometrial KCa channels incorporated into lipid bilayers. Journal of General Physiology 96:373-394, 1990.

[68]            García, J., A.J. Avila-Sakar and Enrico Stefani. Repetitive stimulation increases the activation rate of skeletal muscle Ca2+ currents. Pflügers Archives 416:210-212, 1990.

[69]            García, J., R. Gamboa-Aldeco and Enrico Stefani. Charge movement and calcium currents in skeletal muscle fibers are enhanced by GTPgammaS. Pflügers Archives 417:114-116, 1990.

[70]            Toro, L., Enrico Stefani and S. Erulkar. Hormonal regulation of K currents in myometrial cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 87:2892-2895, 1990.

[71]            García, J., J. Engelhardt, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Increased mepp frequency as an early sign of experimental immune-mediated motor neuron disease. Annals of Neurology 28:329-334, 1990.

[72]            Engelhardt, J.I., S.H. Appel, K. Jakab, J. García and Enrico Stefani. Immune-mediated models of motoneuron destruction in the guinea pig. Advances in Neurology 56:369-380, 1991.

[73]            Appel, S.H., J.I. Engelhardt, J. García and Enrico Stefani. Autoimmunity and ALS: a comparison of animal models of immune-mediated motoneuron destruction and human ALS. Advances in Neurology 56:405-412, 1991.

[74]            Fill, M., R. Mejía-Alvarez, F. Zorzato, P. Volpe and Enrico Stefani. Antibodies as probes for ligand gating of single sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channels. Biochemical Journal 273:449-457, 1991.

[75]            Mejía-Alvarez, R., M. Fill and Enrico Stefani. Voltage-dependent inactivation of T-tubular skeletal calcium channels in planar lipid bilayers. Journal of General Physiology 97:393-412, 1991.

[76]            García, J., G. Pizarro, Enrico Stefani and E. Ríos. Effect of the calcium buffer EGTA on the "hump" component of charge movement in skeletal muscle. Journal of General Physiology 97:885-896, 1991.

[77]            Appel, S.H., J.I. Engelhardt, J. García and Enrico Stefani. Immunoglobulins from animal models of motor neuron disease and from human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients passively transfer physiological abnormalities to the neuromuscular junction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88:647-651, 1991.

[78]            Chu, A. and Enrico Stefani. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release from skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum terminal cisternal membranes: Ca2+ flux and single channel studies. Journal of Biological Chemistry 266:7699-7705, 1991.

[79]            Piedras-Renteria, E., L. Toro and Enrico Stefani. Potassium currents in freshly dispersed myometrial cells. American Journal of Physiology 261:C278-C284, 1991.

[80]            Toro, L., L. Vaca and Enrico Stefani. Calcium activated potassium channels from coronary smooth muscle reconstituted in lipid bilayers. American Journal of Physiology 260:H1779-H1789, 1991.

[81]            García, J., A. Avila-Sakar and Enrico Stefani. Differential effects of ryanodine and tetracaine on charge movement and calcium transients in frog skeletal muscle (Rana Pipiens). Journal of Physiology 440:403-417, 1991.

[82]            Delbono, O., J. García, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. IgG from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affect tubular calcium channels of skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology 260:C1347-C1351, 1991.

[83]            Fill, M., Enrico Stefani and T. Nelson. Abnormal human sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channels in malignant hyperthermic skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal 59:1085-1090, 1991.

[84]            Delbono, O., J. García, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Calcium current and charge movement of mammalian muscle: Action of amytrophic lateral sclerosis immunoglobins. Journal of Physiology 444:723-742, 1991.

[85]            Bezanilla, F., E. Perozo, D. Papazian and Enrico Stefani. Molecular basis of gating charge immobilization in Shaker potassium channels. Science 254:679-683, 1991.

[86]            Hamilton, S.L., J. Codina, M.J. Hawkes, A. Yatani, T. Sawada, F.M. Strickland, S.C. Froehner, A.M. Spiegel, L. Toro, Enrico Stefani , L. Birnbaumer and A.M. Brown. Evidence for direct interaction of G­sSYMBOL 97  \f "Symbol" with the Ca2+ channel of skeletal muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry 266:19528-19535, 1991.

[87]            Tajti, J., S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Cyclophosphamide alters the chemical and pathological expression of experimental autoimmune gray matter disease. Journal of Neuroimmunology 34:143-151, 1991.

[88]            García, J., K. McKinley, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Ca2+ current and charge movement in adult single human skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 454:183-196, 1992.

[89]            Anwer, K., L. Toro, C. Oberti, Enrico Stefani and B.M. Sanborn. Ca2+-activated K+ channels in pregnant rat myometrium: modulation by a SYMBOL 98  \f "Symbol"-adrenergic agent. American Journal of Physiology 263:C1049-C1056, 1992.

[90]            Crawford, Jr., G.D., W.-D. Le, R.G. Smith, W.-J. Xie, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. A novel N18TG2 x mesencephalon cell hybrid expresses properties which suggest a dopaminergic cell line of substantia nigra origin. Journal of Neuroscience 12:3392-3398, 1992.

[91]            Rendt, J.M., L. Toro, Enrico Stefani and S.D. Erulkar. Progesterone increases Ca2+ currents in myometrial cells from immature and nonpregnant adult rats. American Journal of Physiology 262:C293-301, 1992.

[92]            Taglialatela, M., L. Toro and Enrico Stefani. A novel voltage clamp to record small, fast currents from ion channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Biophysical Journal 61:78-82, 1992.

[93]            Perozo, E., D. Papazian, Enrico Stefani and F. Bezanilla. Gating currents in Shaker K+ channels. Implications for activations and inactivation models. Biophysical Journal 62:160-171, 1992.

[94]            Taglialatela, M., G.E. Kirsch, A.M.J. VanDongen, J.A. Drewe, H.A. Hartman, R.H. Joho, Enrico Stefani and A.M. Brown. Gating currents from a delayed rectifier K+ channels with altered pore structure and function. Biophysical Journal 62:34-36, 1992.

[95]            Smith, R.G., S. Hamilton, F. Hofmann, T. Schneider, W. Nastainczyk, L. Birnbaumer, Enrico Stefani , and S.H. Appel. Serum antibodies to skeletal muscle-derived L-type calcium channels in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. New England Journal of Medicine 327:1721-1728, 1992.

[96]            Toro, L., Enrico Stefani and R. Latorre. Internal blockade of a Ca2+ -activated K⁺ channel by Shaker B inactivating "ball" peptide. Neuron 9:237-245, 1992.

[97]            Taglialatela, M. and Enrico Stefani. Gating currents of the cloned delayed rectifier K+ channel DRK1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90:4758-4762, 1993.

[98]            Delbono, O. and Enrico Stefani. Calcium current inactivation in denervated rat skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 460:173-183, 1993.

[99]            Pérez, J., L. Toro, S.D. Erulkar and Enrico Stefani. Characterization of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels from human myometrium. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 168:652-660, 1993.

[100]         Magnelli, V., T. Sawada, O. Delbono, R.G. Smith, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. The action of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis immunoglobulins on mammalian single skeletal muscle Ca2+ channels. Journal of Physiology 461:103-118, 1993.

[101]         Delbono, O., V. Magnelli, T. Sawada, R.G. Smith, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Fab fragments from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis IgG affect calcium channels of skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology 264:C537-C543, 1993.

[102]         Delbono, O. and Enrico Stefani. Calcium transients in single mammalian skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 463:689-707, 1993.

[103]         Appel, S.H., R.G. Smith, J.I. Engelhardt and Enrico Stefani. Evidence for Autoimmunity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurological Sciences 118:169-174, 1993.

[104]         Perozo, E., R. MacKinnon, F. Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. Gating currents from a non-conducting mutant reveal open-closed conformations in Shaker K+ channels. Neuron 11:353-358, 1993.

[105]         Anwer, K., C. Oberti, G. J. Perez, N. Perez-Reyes, J.K. McDougall, M. Monga, B.M. Sanborn, Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. Calcium-activated K+ channels as modulators of human myometrial contractile activity. American Journal of Physiology 265:C976-C985, 1993.

[106]         Chu, A., M. Fill, Enrico Stefani and M. Entman. Cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ does not inhibit the cardiac muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum ryanodine receptor Ca²⁺-induced Ca²⁺ although Ca²⁺ inactivation of Ca²⁺ release is observed in native vesicles. Journal of Membrane Biology 135:49-59, 1993.

[107]         Neely, A., X. Wei, R. Olcese, L. Birnbaumer, and Enrico Stefani. Potentiation by the SYMBOL 98 \f "Symbol" subunit of the ratio of the ionic current to the charge movement in the cardiac calcium channel. Science 262:575-578, 1993.

[108]         Llinas R., M. Sugimori, B. Charksey, R.G. Smith, O. Delbono, Enrico Stefani and S.H. Appel. IgG from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients increases calcium current through P-channels in Purkinje cells and in isolated channel protein in lipid bilayer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 90:11743-11747, 1993.

[109]         Wei, X., A. Neely, A.E. Lacerda, R. Olcese, Enrico Stefani and L. Birnbaumer. Modification of Ca²⁺ channel activity by deletions at the carboxyl terminus of the cardiac SYMBOL 97  \f "Symbol"1 subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry 269:1635-1640, 1994.

[110]         Perozo, E., L. Santacruz-Toloza, Enrico Stefani , F. Bezanilla and D.M. Papazian. S4 mutations alter gating currents of Shaker K channels. Biophysical Journal 66:345-354, 1994.

[111]         Smith, R.G., M.E. Alexianu, G. Crawford, O. Nyormoi, Enrico Stefani  and S.H. Appel. The cytotoxicity of immunoglobulins from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients on a hybrid motoneuron cell line. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91:3393-3397, 1994.

[112]         Neely, A., R. Olcese, X. Wei, L. Birnbaumer, and Enrico Stefani. Ca²⁺ dependent inactivation of a cloned cardiac Ca²⁺ channel SYMBOL 97  \f "Symbol"₁ subunit (SYMBOL 97  \f "Symbol"_1C) expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Biophysical Journal 66:1895-1903, 1994.

[113]         Olcese, R., N. Qin, T. Schneider, A. Neely, X. Wei, Enrico Stefani and L. Birnbaumer. The amino terminus of calcium channel b subunits set rates of inactivation independently of their effect on activation. Neuron 13:1433-1438, 1994.

[114]         Sigg, D., Enrico Stefani and F. Bezanilla. Gating current noise produced by elementary transitions in Shaker potassium channels. Science 264:578-582, 1994.

[115]         Schneider, T., X. Wei, R. Olcese, J.L. Costantin, A. Neely, P. Palade, E. Perez-Reyes, N. Qin, J. Zhou, G.D. Crawford, R.G. Smith, S.H. Appel, Enrico Stefani and L. Birnbaumer. Molecular analysis and functional expression of the human type E. neuronal Ca²⁺ channel alpha₁ subunit. Receptors and Channels 2:255-270, 1994.

[116]         Toro, L., M. Ottolia, Enrico Stefani , and R. Latorre. Structural determinants in the interaction of Shaker inactivating peptide and a Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel. Biochemistry 33:7220-7228, 1994.

[117]         Mosier, D.R., P. Baldelli, O. Delbono, R.G. Smith, M. Alexianu, S.H. Appel and Enrico Stefani. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis immunoglobulins increase Ca²⁺ currents in a motoneuron cell line. Annals of Neurology 37:102-109, 1995.

[118]         Neely, A., R. Olcese, P. Baldelli, X. Wei, L. Birnbaumer.and Enrico Stefani. Dual activation of the cardiac Ca²⁺ channel a_1c subunit and it’s modulation by the b subunit. American Journal of Physiology 268:C732-C740, 1995.

[119]         Meera, P., K. Anwer, M. Monga, C. Oberti, Enrico Stefani, L. Toro, and B.M. Sanborn. Relaxin stimulates myometrial calcium-activated potassium channel activity via protein kinase A. American Journal of Physiology. 269(Cell Physiol. 38):C312-C317, 1995.

[120]         Wallner, M., Meera, P., Ottolia, M., Kaczorowski, G., Latorre, R., Garcia, M., Enrico Stefani and Toro, L. Characterization and Modulation by a b-subunit of a human maxi K_Ca channel cloned from myometrium. Receptors and Channels 3:185-199, 1995.

[121]         Hurst, R.S., Latorre, R., Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani External barium block of ShH4 IR: evidence for two binding sites. Journal of General Physiology 106:1069-1087, 1995.

[122]         Diaz, F., Wallner, M., Enrico Stefani , Toro, L. and Latorre, R. Interaction of internal Ba²⁺ with a cloned Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ (hslo) channel from smooth muscle. Journal of General Physiology 107:399-407, 1996.

[123]         Hurst, R.S., Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani Molecular Determinants of External Barium Block in Shaker Potassium Channels. FEBS Letters 388:59-65, 1996.

[124]         Qin, N., Olcese, R., Zhou, J., Cabello, O.A., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. Identification of a Second Region of the b Subunit Involved in Regulation of Calcium Channel Inactivation. American Journal of Physiology 271:C1539-C1545, 1996.

[125]         Zhu, X., Jiang, M., Peyton, M., Hurst, R., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. trp, a novel mammalian gene family essential for agonist-activated capacitative Ca²⁺ entry. Cell 85:661-672, 1996.

[126]         Noceti, F., Baldelli, P., Wei, X., Qin, N., Toro, L., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani  Effective gating charges per channel in voltage dependent K⁺ and Ca²⁺ channels. Journal of General Physiology 108:143-155, 1996.

[127]         Olcese, R., Neely, A., Qin, N., Wei, X., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. Coupling between charge movement and pore opening in neuronal a_1E calcium channels. The Journal of Physiology 497:675-686, 1996.

[128]         Birnbaumer, L., Zhu, X., Jiang, M., Boulay, G., Peyton, M., Vannier, B., Brown, D., Platano, D., Sadeghi, H., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, M. On the molecular basis and regulation of cellular capacitative calcium entry (CCE): roles for Trp proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 93:15195-15202, 1996.

[129]         Wei, X., Neely, A., Olcese, R., Lang, W., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Increase in Ca²⁺ channel expression by deletions at the amino terminus of the cardiac a_1C subunit. Receptors and Channels 4:205-215, 1996.

[130]         Wei, X., Neely, A., Olcese, R., Lang, W., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Increase in Ca²⁺ channel expression by deletions at the amino terminus of the cardiac a_1C subunit. Receptors and Channels 4:205-215, 1996.

[131]         Hurst, R., Roux, M.J., Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani. External barium influences the gating charge movement of Shaker potassium channels. Biophysical Journal. 72:77-84, 1997.

[132]         Enrico Stefani , Ottolia, M., Noceti, F., Olcese, R., Wallner, M., Latorre, R., and Toro, L. Voltage-controlled gating in a large conductance Ca²⁺-sensitive K⁺ channel (hslo). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 94(10):5427-5431, 1997.

[133]         Olcese, R., Latorre, R., Ligia Toro, Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. Correlation between charge movement and ionic current during slow inactivation in Shaker K⁺ channels. Journal of General Physiology 110:579-589, 1997.

[134]         Qin, N., Platano, D., Olcese, R., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Direct Interaction of Gbg with a Novel C-terminal Gbg Binding Domain of [BSR1]  a₁ is Responsible for Inhibition of Presynaptic Ca²⁺ Channels by G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 94(16):8866-8871, 1997.

[135]         Zhou, J., Olcese, R., Qin, N., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Feedback inhibition of calcium channels by calcium depends on a short sequence of the carboxyterminus that does not include the Ca²⁺ binding function of a motif with similarity to calcium binding domains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 94:2301-2305, 1997.

[136]         Boulay, G, Zhu, X, Peyton, M, Jiang, M, Hurst, R, Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Cloning and expression of a novel mammalian homolog of drosophila transient receptor potential (Trp) involved in calcium entry secondary to activation of receptors coupled by the Gq class of G protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272:29672-29680, 1997.

[137]         Nobile, M., Olcese, R., Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani  Fast inactivation of Shaker K⁺ channels is highly temperature dependent. Exp. Brain Res. 114(1): 138-142, 1997.

[138]         Tareilus, E., Roux, M., Qin, N., Olcese, R., Zhou, J., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. A Xenopus oocyte b subunit: Evidence for a role in the assembly/expression of voltage-gated calcium channels that is separate from its role as a regulatory subunit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 94:1703-1708, 1997.

[139]         Starace, D., Enrico Stefani and Bezanilla, F. Voltage-dependent proton transport by the voltage sensor of the Shaker K⁺ channel. Neuron 19:1319-1327, 1997.

[140]         Olcese, R., Latorre, R., Toro, L., Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani  Correlation between charge movement and ionic current during slow inactivation in Shaker K⁺ channels. Journal of General Physiology 110(5):579-589, 1997.

[141]         Starace, D., Enrico Stefani and Bezanilla, F. Voltage-dependent proton transport by the voltage sensor of the Shaker K⁺ channel. Neuron 19:1219-1327, 1997.

[142]         Boulay, G, Zhu, X, Peyton, M, Jiang, M, Hurst, R, Enrico Stefani , and Birnbaumer, L. Cloning and expression of a novel mammalian homolog of drosophila transient receptor potential (Trp) involved in calcium entry secondary to activation of receptors coupled by the Gq class of G protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272(47):29672-29680, 1997.

[143]         Qin, N., Olcese, R., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Modulation of human neuronal a_1E type calcium channel by a2d subunit. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 274:C1324-C1331, 1998.

[144]         Noceti, F., Olcese, R., Zhou, J., Qin, N. and Enrico Stefani  Effect of Bay K 8644 (-) and the b_2a subunit on Ca²⁺-dependent inactivation in a_1C Ca²⁺ channels. Journal of General Physiology 111:463-475, 1998.

[145]         Costantin, J., Noceti, F., Qin, N., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani  Facilitation by the b subunit of pore openings in cardiac Ca²⁺ channels. Journal of Physiology 507(1):93-103, 1998.

[146]         Hurst, R.S., Zhu, X., Boulay, G., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani  Ionic currents underlying HTRP3 mediated agonist-dependent Ca²⁺ influx in stably transfected HEK 293 cells. FEBS Letters 422:333-338, 1998.

[147]         Costantin, J.L., Qin, N., Zhou, J., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani  Long lasting facilitation of a cardiac/brain Ca²⁺ channel: correlation with the coupling between charge movement and pore opening. FEBS Letters 423(2):213-217, 1998.

[148]         Ottolia, M., Platano, D., Qin, N., Noceti, F., Birnbaumer, M., Toro, L., Birnbaumer, L. Enrico Stefani and Olcese, R. Functional coupling between Human E-type Ca²⁺ channels and m opioid receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. FEBS Letters.427:96-102, 1998.

[149]         Qin, N., Platano, D., Olcese, R., Costantin, J.L., Enrico Stefani and Birnbaumer, L. Unique regulatory properties of type 2a Ca²⁺ channel b subunit due to palmitoylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 95(8):4690-4695, 1998.

[150]         Roux, M.J., Olcese, R., Toro, L., Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani Fast Inactivation in Shaker K⁺ Channels. Properties of ionic and gating currents. Journal of General Physiology 111(5): 625-638, 1998.

[151]         Basso, C., Labarca, P., Enrico Stefani and Latorre, R. Pore accessibility during C-type inactivation in Shaker K⁺ Channels. FEBS Lett. 429(3): 375-380, 1998.

[152]         Diaz, F., Meera, P., Amigo, J., Enrico Stefani, Alvarez, O., Ligia Toro and Latorre, R. Role of the S4 segment in a voltage-dependent calcium-sensitive potassium (hSlo) channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273:32430-32436, 1998.

[153]         Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. Gating currents. In: Methods in Enzymology 293(B):331-352, 1998.

[154]         Enrico Stefani and Bezanilla, F. The cut open oocyte voltage clamp technique. In: Methods in Enzymology 293(B):300-318, 1998.

[155]         Costantin, J.L., Qin, N., Zhou, J., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. Long lasting facilitation of a cardiac/brain Ca²⁺ channel: correlation with the coupling between charge movement and pore opening. FEBS Letters 423:213-217, 1998.

[156]         Birnbaumer, L., Qin, N., Olcese, R., Tareilus, E., Platano, D., Costantin, J. and Enrico Stefani.  Structures and Functions of Calcium channel b subunits. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 30 (4):357-375, 1998.

[157]         Costantin, J.L., Qin, N., Waxham, M.N., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. Complete reversal of run-down in rabbit cardiac Ca²⁺ channels by patch-cramming in Xenopus oocytes; partial reversal by protein kinase A. Pflügers Archiv 437:888-894, 1999.

[158]         Song, M., Zhu, N., Olcese, R., Barila, B., Ligia Toro and Enrico Stefani. Hormonal control of protein expression and mRNA levels of the MaxiK channel a subunit in myometrium.  FEBS Letters 460:427-432, 1999.

[159]         Marvizon, J.C., Grady, E.F., Enrico Stefani, Bunnett, N. and E.A. Mayer. Substance P Release in the Dorsal Horn Assessed by Receptor Internalization: NMDA Receptors Counteract a Tonic Inhibition by GABAB Receptors. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11:417-426, 1999.

[160]         Platano,D., Qin,N., Noceti, F., Birnbaumer, L., Enrico Stefani and Olcese, R. Expression of the a₂ Subunit interferes with prepulse facilitation in cardiac L-type calcium channels. Biophysical Journal 78:2959-2972, 2000.

[161]         Olcese, R., Sigg, D., Latorre, R., Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. A conducting state with properties of a slow inactivated state in a Shaker K⁺ channel mutant. Journal of General Physiology 117:149-164, 2001.

[162]         Marijic J, Li Q, Song M, Nishimaru K, Enrico Stefani and L. Toro.  Decreased Expression of Voltage- and Ca²⁺-Activated K⁺ Channels in Coronary Smooth Muscle During Aging. Circulation Research 88:210-216, 2001.

[163]         Zarei, M.M., Zhu, N., Alioua, A., Eghbali, M., Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. A novel MaxiK splice variant exhibits dominant negative properties for surface expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276:16232-16239, 2001.

[164]         Song M., Helguera G., Eghbali M., Zhu N., Zarei M. M., Olcese R., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Remodeling of Kv4.3 potassium channel gene expression under the control of sex hormones. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276:31883-90, 2001.

[165]         Zhang Z., Tang J., Tikunova S., Johnson J.D., Chen Z., Qin N., Dietrich A., Enrico Stefani, Birnbaumer L. and Zhu M.X. Activation of Trp3 by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors through displacement of inhibitory calmodulin from a common binding domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 98:3168-3173, 2001.

[166]         Helguera G., Olcese R., Song M., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Tissue –specific regulation of Ca²⁺ protein expression by sex hormones. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1569:59-66, 2001.

[167]         Eghbali M., Olcese R., Zarei M. M., Ligia Toro and Enrico Stefani.  External pore collapse as an inactivation mechanism for Kv4.3 K⁺ channels. Journal of Membrane Biology 188:73-86, 2002.

[168]         Alioua A., Mahajan A., Nishimaru K., Zarei M. M., Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Coupling of c-Src to large conductance voltage- and Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels as a new mechanism of agonist-induced vasoconstriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 22:14560-5, 2002.

[169]         Sigg D., Bezanilla F. and Enrico Stefani. Fast gating in the Shaker K⁺ channel and the energy landscape of activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 100, 7611-7615, 2003.

[170]         Eghbali M., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Diminished Surface Clustering and Increased Perinuclear Accumulation of Large Conductance Ca²⁺-Activated K⁺ Channel in Mouse Myometrium with Pregnancy. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278(46):45311-45317, 2003.

[171]         Pagani R., Song M., Mcenery M., Qin N., Tsien R. W., Toro L., Enrico Stefani and O.D. Uchitel. Differential expression of α₁ and β subunits of voltage dependent Ca²⁺ channels at the neuromuscular junction of normal and P/Q Ca²⁺ channel knockout mouse. Neuroscience 123(1):75-85, 2004.

[172]         Yoshio Tanaka, Katsuo Koike, Abderrahmane Alioua, Koki Shigenobu, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. β1-Subunit of MaxiK Channel in Smooth Muscle: a Key Molecule Which Tunes Muscle Mechanical Activity. J Pharmacol Sci 94, 339 – 347, 2004.

[173]         Kazuhide Nishimaru, Mansoureh Eghbali, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Function and clustered expression of MaxiK channels in cerebral myocytes remain intact with aging. Experimental Gerontology 39, 831–839, 2004.

[174]         Nishimaru K., Eghbali M., Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. Functional and molecular evidence of MaxiK channel β1 subunit decrease with coronary artery ageing in the rat. J. Physiol. London. 559(3):849–862, 2004.

[175]         Haug. T., Ciani, S., Ligia Toro, Enrico Stefani and Olcese R. Regulation of K⁺ Flow by a Negative Residue in the Outer Vestibule of BK Channel Pore. Part I: Aspartate 292 modulates K⁺ conduction by external surface charge effect. Journal of General Physiology, 124, 173-84, 2004.

[176]         Haug. T., Ligia Toro, Olcese R. and Enrico Stefani Regulation of K⁺ Flow by a Negative Residue in the Outer Vestibule of the MaxiK Channel Pore. Part II. Neutralization of Aspartate 292 reduces channel openings and gating current slow component. Journal of General Physiology, 124, 185-97, 2004.

[177]         Zarei M.M., Eghbali M., Alioua, A., Song M., Knaus H.-G., Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. A Novel ER Trafficking Signal Prevents Surface Expression of a Voltage and Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ Channel Splice Variant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 101, 10072-7. 2004.

[178]         M. Eghbali, R. Deva, A. Alioua, Tamara Y. Minosyan, Hongmei Ruan, Y. Wang, L. Toro and Enrico Stefani. Molecular and Functional Signature of Heart Hypertrophy in Mice during Pregnancy. Circulation Research 96(11):1208-16, 2005. JOURNAL COVER.

[179]         Ning Zhu, Mansoureh Eghbali, Gustavo Helguera, Min Song, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Alternative splicing of Slo channel gene programmed by estrogen, progesterone and pregnancy. FEBS Letters 579:4856-60, 2005.

[180]         Gang Lu, Young Jun Kang, Jiahuai Han, Harvey R. Herschman, Enrico Stefani, Yibin Wang1. TAB-1 Modulates Intracellular Localization of p38 MAP kinase and Downstream Signaling. J Biol Chem. 281:6087-95, 2006.

[181]         Yoshio Tanaka, Kei Takizawa, Kazuoki Otsuka, Mansoureh Eghbali, Min Song, Kazuhide Nishimaru, Koki Shigenobu, Katsuo Koike, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Kv channels contribute to NO- and ANP-induced relaxation of a rat conduit artery. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. J. Pharm. Exper. Ther. 317:341-54, 2006.

[182]         Ropero A., Eghbali M., Minosyan, T.Y., Tang, G., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Heart Estrogen Receptor Alpha: Distinct Membrane and Nuclear Distribution Patterns and Regulation by Estrogen. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 41:496-510, 2006.

[183]         Gomes, A.V., Chenggong Zong, Edmondson, R.D., Xiaohai Li, Enrico Stefani, Jun Zhang, Jones R.C., Sheeno Thyparambil, Guang-Wu Wang, Xin Qiao, Fawzia Bardag-Gorce, Peipei Ping. Mapping the Murine Cardiac 26S Proteasome Complexes. Circulation Research 99:362-71, 2006.

[184]         Toro B., Cox N., Wilson R.J., Garrido-Sanabria, E., Enrico Stefani, Toro L., and Zarei M. M. KCNMB1 Regulates Surface Expression of a Voltage and Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ Channel via Endocytic Trafficking Signals. Neuroscience 142:661-9, 2006.

Book Chapters 

[1]                Gerschenfeld, H.M. and Enrico Stefani. Evidence for an excitatory transmitter role of serotonin in molluscan central synapses. In: Advances in Pharmacology. (Academic Press), editado por E. Costa, S. Garattini and P. Shore, vol. 6, parte A:369-391, 1968.

[2]                Chiarandini, D.J. and Enrico Stefani. Ca and excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle fibres. In: Electrobiology of nerve, Synapses and Muscle. Ed. J. P. Reuben, D. P. Purpura, M.V.L. Bennett and E.R. Kandel. Raven Press, N.Y., 1976.

[3]                Enrico Stefani Calcio extracelular y propiedades de membrana. Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiológicas Vol. 3, No. 2:13-18, 1980.

[4]                Enrico Stefani Selective re-innervation of twitch and slow muscle fibers of the frog. In: Regulatory Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission. Ed. R. Tapia and Carl W. Cotman, Plenum Publishing Corp., pp. 273-296, 1981.

[5]                Enrico Stefani, J.A. Sánchez and L.N. Siri. Calcium current in twitch muscle fibres of the frog. Proceedings Satellite Symposium: Membrane Control of Skeletal Muscle Function, XXVIII Congress of Physiological Sciences. In: Adv. Physiol. Sci. Vol. 5, Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Muscle Function. Eds. E. Varga, A. Kòvér, T. Kovacs, and L. Kovacs, pp. 275-288, 1980.

[6]                Cota, G., L.N. Siri and Enrico Stefani. Ca current in frog skeletal muscle fibres: effect of temperature on ICa decay. In: Mechanism of Gated Calcium Transport Across Biological Membranes. Ed. S. T. Ohnishi, Academic Press, pp.17-24, 1981.

[7]                Appel, S.H. and Enrico Stefani. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: etiology and pathogenesis. In: Current Neurology. Editor S. H. Appel, Mosby Year Book Inc., St. Louis, MO, 11:287-310, 1991.

[8]                Appel, S.H., R.G. Smith, J.I. Engelhardt, and Enrico Stefani. Autoimmune aspects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In: Motor Neurone Disease, ed. A. Williams, Chapman & Hill, Ltd., Scientific Technical and Medical Publications, pp. 535-551, 1993.

[9]                Sanborn, B.M., K. Anwer, Y. Wen, Enrico Stefani, L. Toro and S.P. Singh. Modification of Ca2+ regulatory systems. In: Control of Uterine Contractility, ed., R. Garfield, CRC Press, pp. 105-128, 1993.

[10]            Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani. Modulation of maxi calcium-activated K channels. Role of ligands, phosphorylation and G-proteins. In: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Vol 108/II. GTPases in Biology I and II, eds., B. Dickey and L. Birnbaumer, Springer-Verlag, New York, Chapter 78, pp. 561-579, 1993.

[11]            Enrico Stefani, L. Toro, E. Perozo, and F. Bezanilla. Gating currents of cloned Shaker K+ Channels. In: Handbook of Membrane Channels: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, ed., C. Peracchia, Academic Press, Orlando, FL, pp. 29-40, 1994.

[12]            Enrico Stefani, L. Toro, E. Perozo and F. Bezanilla. Properties of charge movement and ionic conductance of Shaker K+ channels. Vol. 6: Towards Molecular Biophysics of Ion Channels. In: Progress in Cell Research. M. Sokabe, A. Auerbach and F. Sigworth, eds. Elsevier, New York. pp. 87-98, 1997.

[13]            Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. Gating of the Shaker B potassium channel. In: Basic Neuroscience in Invertebrates, ed. by H. Koike, Y. Kidokoro, K. Takahashi and T. Kanaseki, pp. 3-18, 1996.

[14]            Enrico Stefani and Bezanilla, F. Gating Currents. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. In press.

[15]            Latorre, R., Enrico Stefani and Toro, L. Balls, Chains and Potassium Channels. In: Calcium and Cellular Metabolism: Transport and Regulation. J. R. Sotelo and J. C. Benech, eds. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 59-71, 1997.

[16]            Latorre, R., Hurst, R., Diaz, F., Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani  Barium as a probe of the molecular architecture of the pore of K⁺ channels. In: From Ion Channels to Cell to Cell Conversations. R. Latorre and J.C. Saez, eds. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 129-146, 1997.

[17]            Noceti, F., Olcese, R., Baldelli, P., Qin, N., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. Charges per channel in Ca2+ channels: effect of the regulatory b subunit co-expression on a1 pore forming subunit currents. In: Low-Voltage-Activated T-type Calcium Channels. R.W. Tsien, J.-P. Clozel and J. Nargeot, eds. Adis Internationl, Ltd., Chester, England, pp. 311-323, 1998.

[18]            Olcese, R., Noceti, F., Baldelli, P., Qin, N., Birnbaumer, L. and Enrico Stefani. b subunit modulation of the coupling between charge movement and pore opening in calcium channels. In: From Ion Channels to Cell to Cell Conversations. R. Latorre and J.C. Saez, eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1997.

[19]            Birnbaumer, L., Qin, N., Olcese, R., Tareilus, E. and Enrico Stefani. Studies on the Regulation of the human neuronal a1E calcium channel by b and a2d subunits. In: Low-Voltage-Activated T-type Calcium Channels. R.W. Tsien, J.-P. Clozel and J. Nargeot, eds. Adis Internationl, Ltd., Chester, England, pp. 258-268, 1998.

[20]            Bezanilla, F. and Enrico Stefani. Gating currents. In: Methods in Enzymology. 293, 1998.

[21]            Enrico Stefani. and Bezanilla, F. The cut open oocyte voltage clamp technique. In: Methods in Enzymology. 293:300-318, 1998.

[22]            Latorre, R., Vergara, C., Alvarez, O, Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. Voltage-gated calcium-modulated potassium channels of large unitary conductance: Structure, diversity and pharmacology. In: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 147:197-223, 2000. Pharmacology of Ion Channels Functions: Activators and inhibitors. Endo, M. Ed. Springer-Verlag.

Review Articles 

[1]                Enrico Stefani. and A.B. Steinbach. Trophic effect of nerve on electrical properties of frog slow muscle fibres. In: Research Publications of the Association of Nervous and Mental Diseases, ed. I. J. Kopin, 50:241-254, 1971.

[2]                Enrico Stefani. Control neural de la distribucion de la sensibilidad a la acetilcolina y de las contracturas por cafeina en musculos rapidos y lentos de mamiferos. In: Recientes Adelantos en Biologia, eds. R. H. Mejía and J. A. Moguilevsky, pp. 392-394, 1971.

[3]                Beaty, G.N., G. Cota, L.N. Siri, J.A. Sánchez and Enrico Stefani. Skeletal Muscle Ca2+ channels. In: Structure and Physiology of the Slow Inward Calcium Channel. Ed. D.J.Triggle and J.C. Venter. pp. 123-140, Alan Liss, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1987.

[4]                García, J., M. Fill, L. Toro and Enrico Stefani. Functional studies of Ca2+ channels from plasmalemma and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes in muscle cells. Seminars in Cell Biology 1:255-264, 1990.

[5]                Toro, L. and Enrico Stefani. Calcium-activated K+ channels: Metabolic Regulation. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 23:561-576, 1991.

[6]                Ríos, E., G. Pizarro and Enrico Stefani. Charge movement and the nature of signal transduction in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. Annual Review of Physiology 54:109-133, 1992.

[7]                Csernoch, L., G. Pizarro, J. Garcia, G. Szücs, Enrico Stefani and E.