Sophisticated architecture is required for the sinoatrial node to perform its normal pacemaker function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-106

  Boyett, Mark R ^a   Dobrzynski, Halina ^a   Lancaster, Matthew K ^a   Jones, Sandra A ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^b   Kodama, Itsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin; Intracellular Ca2+ handling; Ionic currents; Pacemaker; Sinoatrial node; Sinus node

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; DENSITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS NODE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 0037286794     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02307.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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