Correlation between electrical activity and the size of rabbit sino-atrial node cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 795-808

  Honjo, Haruo ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^b   Kodama, Itsuo ^a   Toyama, Junji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0029962743     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021728     Document Type: Article

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