Actions of the digitalis analogue strophanthidin on action potentials and L-type calcium current in single cells isolated from the rabbit atrioventricular node

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1447-1454

  Hancox, Jules C ^a   Levi, Allan J ^a  

^a School of Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Cardiac glycoside; L type calcium current; Single cell; Strophanthidin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STROPHANTHIDIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIASTOLE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029889382     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15559.x     Document Type: Article

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