Effect of TaiCatoxin (TCX) on the electrophysiological, mechanical and biochemical characteristics of spontaneously beating ventricular cardiomyocytes

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 160-161, Issue , 1996, Pages 61-66

  Fantini, Elisabeth ^a   Athias, Pierre ^a   Tirosh, Régine ^b   Pinson, Arié ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiac action potential; Cardiac automacity; Cultured cardiomyocytes; Ion channel toxin; Phospholipase A2; TaiCatoxin

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART BEAT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HEART; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0029789539     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00240032     Document Type: Article

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