Two distinct pathways of muscarinic current responses in rabbit sino- atrial node myocytes

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 164-167

  Accili, E A ^b   Redaelli, G ^a   DiFrancesco, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

G protein; Hyperpolarization activated current; Membrane delimited pathway; Muscarinic potassium conductance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 0032418616     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050763     Document Type: Article

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