Glucocorticoid regulation of cardiac K+ currents and L-type CA2+ current in neonatal mice

Circulation Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-173

  Wang, Li ^b   Feng, Zhong Ping ^b   Duff, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Dexamethasone; K+ current; L type Ca2+ current; Mice

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033597953     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.85.2.168     Document Type: Article

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