Contribution of L-type Ca2+ current to electrical activity in sinoatrial nodal myocytes of rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 3 45-3, 1999, Pages

  Verheijck, E Etienne ^a   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^a   Wilders, Ronald ^a,b   Bouman, Lennart N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed rectifier current; Fast sodium current; Hyperpolarization activated current; Nifedipine; Sustained inward current; T type calcium current

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0032955695     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.3.h1064     Document Type: Article

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