The sinoatrial node is still setting the pace 100 years after its discovery

Circulation Research

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1543-1545

  Boyett, M R ^a   Dobrzynski, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM CURRENT; DROSOPHILA; EDITORIAL; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS NODE; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOLEMMA; SINOATRIAL NODE; TRPC CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 34250213663     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.101101     Document Type: Editorial

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