The intrinsic rate response of the isolated right atrium of the rat, Rattus norvegicus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-397

  Barrett, Carolyn J ^a   Bolter, Chris P ^a   Wilson, Suzanne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker; Intrinsic atrial rate; Intrinsic cardiac rate regulation; Right atrial pressure; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; ISOPRENALINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RAT; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031708374     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10077-6     Document Type: Article

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