Actions of the antiarrhythmic peptide AAP10 on intercellular coupling

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-82

  Müller, Andreas ^a   Schaefer, Thomas ^a   Linke, Werner ^a   Tudyka, Tatjana ^a,b   Gottwald, Michaela ^a   Klaus, Wolfgang ^a   Dhein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic peptide; Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC PEPTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030974088     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005031     Document Type: Article

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