“…Later on Woods et al [46] demonstrated Ca 2+ oscillations in non-excitable cells using single hepatocytes. Since that time various modes of Ca 2+ sparks, oscillations and waves and switching phenomena have been registered in hepatocytes [39], [40], [46], pancreatic β-cells [6], [47] and acini [37], [38], [48], smooth muscle cells [12], [16], [32]–[35], adipocytes [49]–[51], pituitary cells [52], endothelial cells [53]–[55], astrocytes [57], fibroblasts [58], interstitial cells [56], and T-cells [59] in the presence of ACh, cholecystokinin (CCK), bradykinin (BK), norepinephrine (NE), phenilephrine, histamine, c-type natriuretic peptide, ATP, 8-Br-cGMP, NO-donors, NAD, cADP ribose (cADPR), L-arginine, L-glutamate, bovine fetal serum, etc. The wide variety of specific mechanisms may underlie the observed dynamic regimes.…”