Characteristics of a transient outward current (sensitive to 4- aminopyridine) in Ca2+-tolerant myocytes isolated from the rabbit atrioventricular node

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-78

  Mitcheson, John S ^a   Hancox, Jules C ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 AP; Atrioventricular node; Flecainide; I(to); K current; Myocyte; Quinidine; Transient outward current

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; FLECAINIDE; QUINIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLECAINIDE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINIDINE; RABBITS;

EID: 0033029665     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050881     Document Type: Article

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