Mechanisms of inactivation of L-type calcium channels in human atrial myocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Sun, Hui ^a   Leblanc, Normand ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

patch clamp; permeating calcium ion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; RYANODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030962649     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1625     Document Type: Article

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