Electrophysiological properties of morphologically distinct cells isolated from the rabbit atrioventricular node

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 801-818

  Munk, Andrew A ^a   Adjemian, Raffi A ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Ogbaghebriel, Azieb ^a   Shrier, Alvin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPOLARIZATION;

EID: 0030055564     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021424     Document Type: Article

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