Membrane potential and currents of isolated heart muscle cells exposed to pulsed radio frequency fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 497-511

  Linz, K W ^b   Von Westphalen, C ^b   Streckert, J ^b   Hansen, V ^b   Meyer, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action potential; Cardiac myocytes; L type Ca2+ current; Pulsed RF fields; Temperature dependency

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMALS; RADIO WAVES;

'CURRENT; 900 MHZ; ACTION-POTENTIALS; CA 2+; CARDIAC MYOCYTES; L-TYPE CA2+ CURRENT; PULSED RADIO FREQUENCIES; PULSED RADIO FREQUENCY FIELD; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GUINEA PIG; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; TELEPHONE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RADIO WAVES; RATS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033258098     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199912)20:8<497::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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