HCN-related channelopathies

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 460, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-415

  Baruscotti, Mirko ^a   Bottelli, Georgia ^a   Milanesi, Raffaella ^a   DiFrancesco, Jacopo C ^b   DiFrancesco, Dario ^a  

^a Centro Interuniversitario di Medicina Molecolare e Biofisica Applicata (CIMMBA)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Epilepsy; HCN clones; Pacemaker; SA node

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 1; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 2; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 3; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 4; LAMOTRIGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BRADYCARDIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHANNEL GATING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURONAL CHANNELOPATHY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHANNELOPATHIES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; EPILEPSY; HEART; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 77955562389     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0810-8     Document Type: Review

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