Spatial changes in transmembrane potential during extracellular electrical shocks in cultured monolayers of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 676-690

  Gillis, Anne M ^a,b   Fast, Vladimir G ^a   Rohr, Stephan ^a   Kléber, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell culture; defibrillation; electrical shock; optical mapping; secondary source

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROPORATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

EID: 0029816639     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.4.676     Document Type: Article

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