Action potential duration-stabilizing action of taurine in guinea pig ventricular myocytes

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-312

  Sada, Hideaki ^a   Ban, Takashi ^a   Sperelakis, Nicholas ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Antiarrhythmic action; Ca2+ channel; K+ channel; Taurine

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; REPOLARIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030043698     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.70.303     Document Type: Article

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