Embryological development of pacemaker hierarchy and membrane currents related to the function of the adult sinus node: Implications for autonomic modulation of biopacemakers

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-132

  Opthof, Tobias ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPACEMAKERS; CHRONOTROPIC EFFECT; MYOCYTES;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

PACEMAKERS;

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARBACHOL; FORSKOLIN; ISOPRENALINE; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HCN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BIOENGINEERING; CHRONOTROPISM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RHYTHM; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; SARCOLEMMA; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SINOATRIAL NODE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33847130059     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0138-x     Document Type: Article

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