“…The anatomical site of skeletal-muscle EC coupling is the triad (TR), a unique intracellular synapse formed by the association of two membrane compartments : transverse tubules, which are an invagination of the sarcolemma and the sarcoplasmic-reticulum (SR) terminal cisternae (TC) [4,5]. The portion of TC facing the transverse tubules is called junctional-face membrane (JFM) SR [5]. Ordered arrays of junctional feet, referable to as ' ryanodinereceptor Ca# + -release channel ' (RYR), bridge the gap of 9-12 nm Abbreviations used : EDL, extensor digitorum longus ; H(SR), (heavy) sarcoplasmic reticulum ; JFM, junctional-face membrane ; JFP, junctional face protein ; RYR, ryanodine-receptor Ca 2 + -release channel ; SOL, soleus ; TA, tibialis anterior ; TC, terminal cisternae ; EC, excitation-contraction ; DTT, dithiothreitol ; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information ; KLH, keyhole-limpet haemocyanin ; TR, triad.…”