Antiarrhythmic effect and its underlying ionic mechanism of 17β-estradiol in cardiac myocytes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 429-440

  Nakajima, Toshiaki ^a   Iwasawa, Kuniaki ^a   Oonuma, Hitoshi ^a   Morita, Toshihiro ^a   Goto, Atsuro ^a   Wang, Yuepeng ^a   Hazama, Hisanori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Antiarrhythmic effect; Diethylstilbestrol; Enthinylestradiol; Oestrogen; Single atrial myocyte; Testosterone; Voltage dependent L type calcium current; Whole cell clamp technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ISOPRENALINE; POTASSIUM ION; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; ISOPROTERENOL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PYRIDINES;

EID: 0032988406     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702576     Document Type: Article

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