Review of some actions of taurine on ion channels of cardiac muscle cells and others

General Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-463

  Satoh, Hiroyasu ^a   Sperelakis, Nicholas ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Cardiac action potential; Cardioprotective action; Electrophysiology; Ionic currents; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ION CHANNEL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; GUINEA PIG; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE;

EID: 0032053374     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00309-1     Document Type: Review

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