Roles of subcellular Na+ channel distributions in the mechanism of cardiac conduction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 554-563

  Tsumoto, Kunichika ^a   Ashihara, Takashi ^b   Haraguchi, Ryo ^c   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^c   Kurachi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

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EID: 79551654055     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.3716     Document Type: Article

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