Imipramine blocks the transient outward potassium current in rat ventricular myocytes

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-355

  Liu, Qian Yong ^a   Wang, Xiao Liang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Imipramine; Myocardium; Patch clamp techniques; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 1842412444     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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