Conduction between isolated rabbit Purkinje and ventricular myocytes coupled by a variable resistance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Huelsing, Delilah J ^a,b   Spitzer, Kenneth W ^c   Cordeiro, Jonathan M ^d   Pollard, Andrew E ^e,f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential propagation; Coupling clamp circuit; Discontinuous conduction; Membrane models; Transient outward current

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL SIZE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXCITABLE MEMBRANE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; RABBIT;

EID: 33750854829     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.4.h1163     Document Type: Article

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