Mechanisms of intrinsic beating variability in cardiac cell cultures and model pacemaker networks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3734-3752

  Ponard, Julien G C ^a   Kondratyev, Aleksandar A ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE; RYANODINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

RATTUS;

EID: 34247847861     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.091892     Document Type: Article

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