Inhibition of cardiomyocyte automaticity by electrotonic application of inward rectifier current from Kir2.1 expressing cells

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 537-542

  de Boer, Teun P ^a,c   van Veen, Toon A B ^a   Houtman, Marien J C ^a   Jansen, John A ^a   van Amersfoorth, Shirley C M ^b,c   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Vos, Marc A ^a   van der Heyden, Marcel A G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Electrotonic coupling; Inward rectifier; Kir2.1; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; POLARIZATION;

CARDIOMYOCYTE; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; INWARD RECTIFIER;

PACEMAKERS;

BARIUM CHLORIDE; HALOTHANE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746896169     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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