Membrane basis for fish oil effects on the heart: Linking natural hibernators to prevention of human sudden cardiac death

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-102

  McLennan, P L ^a   Abeywardena, M Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac arrhythmia; Fish oil; Hibernation; Membrane lipids; Na + + K+ ATPase; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FISH OIL; ICOSANOID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OUABAIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATED HEART; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CELL MEMBRANE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HEART; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 32044452442     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0787-y     Document Type: Review

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