Onset of atrial arrhythmias elicited by autonomic modulation of rabbit sinoatrial node activity: A modeling study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Muñoz, Mauricio A ^a   Kaur, Jaspreet ^a   Vigmond, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic innervation; Electrophysiology; Reentry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRADYCARDIA; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART OUTPUT; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80355129984     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00059.2011     Document Type: Article

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