Morphological and electrophysiological properties of single myocardial cells from Koch triangle of rabbit heart

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2075-2084

  Ren, Fu Xian ^a   Niu, Xiao Lin ^a,b   Ou, Yan ^a   Han, Zhen Hua ^a   Ling, Feng Dong ^c   Zhou, Shi Sheng ^d   Li, Ya Jie ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Action potential; Patch clamp; Sodium current; Transitional cell; Triangle of Koch

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATCH CLAMP; PURKINJE CELL; RABBIT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 33845865526     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200612020-00009     Document Type: Article

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