Dispersion of cell-to-cell uncoupling precedes low K+-induced ventricular fibrillation

Physiological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-259

  Tribulova N ^c   Manoach, M ^a   Varon, D ^a   Okruhlicova L ^c   Zinman, T ^b   Shainberg, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Connexin 43; Hypokalemia; Intercellular junctions; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POTASSIUM ION; SOTALOL; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TEDISAMIL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATALYSIS; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOPROPANES; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOKALEMIA; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034894714     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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