Cardiac survival in anoxia-tolerant vertebrates: An electrophysiological perspective

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-354

  Stecyk, Jonathan A W ^a   Galli, Gina L ^b   Shiels, Holly A ^c   Farrell, Anthony P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Anoxia; Carassius carassius; Crucian carp; Electrophysiology; Heart; ICa; IK1; IKr; INa; K+ channel; L type Ca2+ channel; Na+ channel; Red eared slider turtle; Temperature; Thermal acclimation; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACIDOSIS; CARP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TURTLE;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CHRYSEMYS; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55549132248     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.05.016     Document Type: Review

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