Species difference in the contribution of T-type calcium current to cardiac pacemaking as revealed by R(-)-efonidipine

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Tanaka, Hikaru ^a   Komikado, Chisa ^a   Namekata, Iyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Suzuki, Mariko ^a   Tsuneoka, Yayoi ^a   Shigenobu, Koki ^a   Takahara, Akira ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaking; R( ) efonidipine; T type Ca2+ current

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; EFONIDIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SINUS NODE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 44349123473     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0070405     Document Type: Article

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