Wavelength dependence of optical action potentials in the isolated rat atrium

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-393

  Sakai, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rat atrium; Voltage sensitive dye; Wavelength dependence

Indexed keywords

DYE; MEROCYANINE; OXAZOLONE; RHODANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BENZENESULFONATES; BENZOXAZOLES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEART ATRIA; MALE; OPTICS; OXAZOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODANINE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 33646230287     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: 0021521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.T650     Document Type: Article

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