Modulations by taurine of the spontaneous action potentials in right atrial muscles of rats

General Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-212

  Satoh, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Calcium concentration; Calcium overload; Spontaneous action potential; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TAURINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032008203     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)85720-5     Document Type: Article

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