The pacemaker current I(f) in single human atrial myocytes and the effect of β-adrenoceptor and A1-adenosine receptor stimulation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 963-969

  Porciatti, Francesco ^a   Pelzmann, Brigitte ^b   Cerbai, Elisabetta ^a   Schaffer, Peter ^b   Pino, Roberto ^a   Bernhart, Eva ^b   Koidl, Bernd ^b   Mugelli, Alessandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Human atrial myocytes; Isoprenaline; Pacemaker current

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; ISOPRENALINE;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; PACEMAKER; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1;

EID: 0030829753     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701473     Document Type: Article

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