Characterization of a TTX-sensitive Na+ current in pacemaker cells isolated from rabbit sinoatrial node

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Muramatsu, Hikaru ^a,b   Zou, An Ruo ^a,c   Berkowitz, Gerald A ^a,d   Nathan, Richard D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kasugai Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action potential clamp; cell culture; perforated patch

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 33750803267     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.6.h2108     Document Type: Article

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