Evidence that decreased heart rate in thyroid hormone receptor-α1- deficient mice is an intrinsic defect

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Johansson, Catarina ^a   Vennström, Björn ^a   Thorén, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body temperature; Electrocardiogram; Monophasic action potentials

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TELEMETRY; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM;

EID: 0031843604     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r640     Document Type: Article

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