1. A. M. Gómez, L. F. Santana, W. J. Lederer, Department of Physiology and the Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
2. H. H. Valdivia, Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
3. H. Cheng, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, and Section of Cardiovascular Research, National Institute of Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
4. M. R. Lederer, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
5. M. B. Cannell, Department of Physiology and the Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA, and Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK.