Single-channel properties of the sinoatrial node Na+ current in the newborn rabbit

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 442, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 192-196

  Baruscotti, Mirko ^a,b   DiFrancesco, Dario ^a   Robinson, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Na+ current; Pacemaker; Patch clamp; Rabbit; Single channel; Sinoatrial node; Slow inactivation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034997275     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240100527     Document Type: Article

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