Inactivation of the calcium current is involved in overdrive suppression of rabbit sinoatrial node cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Watanabe, Ei Ichi ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^a   Toyama, Junji ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

pacemaker activity; patch clamp; spontaneous action potential; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 33750721034     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.5.h2097     Document Type: Article

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