Sex-dependent impairment of cardiac action potential conduction in type 1 diabetic rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shimoni, Yakhin ^a,b   Emmett, Teresa ^a   Schmidt, Robyn ^a   Nygren, Anders ^a   Kargacin, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; HEPTANOL; QUINAPRIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE SECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CONNEXIN 43; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEPTANOL; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149094139     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01150.2008     Document Type: Article

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