Changes in the expression of ion channels, connexins and Ca2+-handling proteins in the sino-atrial node during postnatal development

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-438

  Allah, Eman Abd ^a,b   Tellez, James O ^a   Yanni, Joseph ^a   Nelson, Thomas ^a   Monfredi, Oliver ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^a   Dobrzynski, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CAVEOLIN 3; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SINUS NODE;

EID: 79952598735     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.055780     Document Type: Article

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