Conduction block in Purkinje fibers by homogeneous versus localized decrease of the gap junction conductance

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 630-641

  Daleau, Pascal ^a,b,c   Délèze, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Discontinuous internal resistance; Electrical uncoupling; Internal resistivity measurement; Sheep heart

Indexed keywords

HEPTANOL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SHEEP; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPTANOL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PURKINJE FIBERS; SHEEP; SODIUM CHANNELS; SUCROSE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 0344889010     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-76-6-630     Document Type: Article

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