K+ current changes account for the rate dependence of the action potential in the human atrial myocyte

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Maleckar, Mary M ^a,b,d   Greenstein, Joseph L ^a   Giles, Wayne R ^c   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ionic model; Potassium current; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING;

EID: 70349611664     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00411.2009     Document Type: Article

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