Its pronunciation is K EY â . Cay is used predominantly in the German language and its origin is Latin. Cay is a variant of the name Kai (Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh). Cay is rarely used as a baby name for boys.
The purpose of this application note is to demonstrate the utility of the FLx800 fluorescence microplate reader to detect rapid changes in calcium ion concentration. Introduction Cell Biologists often need to detect and quantitate intracellular spectroscopically silent ions such as Cl-, Na+, K+, or Ca2+.
1 Digitalis, displaces magnesium into the cell. 2  Digitalis causes an increased intracellular concentration of sodium, which in turn increases intracellular calcium by passively decreasing the action of the sodium-calcium exchanger in the sarcolemma. 3  The increased intracellular calcium gives a positive inotropic effect.