Is sodium current present in human sinoatrial node cells?

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-204

  Verkerk, Arie O ^a,b   Wilders, Ronald ^a   Van Borren, Marcel M G J ^a   Tan, Hanno L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Humans; Ion channels; Sinoatrial node; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PACEMAKER; PATCH CLAMP; SINUS NODE; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM;

EID: 62649158395     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5.201     Document Type: Article

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