Comparison of time- and voltage-dependent K+ currents in myocytes from left and right atria of adult mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 5 54-5, 2003, Pages

  Lomax, Alan E ^a   Kondo, Colleen S ^a   Giles, Wayne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Atrial repolarization; Mouse heart

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0142139332     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00386.2003     Document Type: Article

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