Region- and condition-dependence of the membrane and ca 2+ clocks in the sinus node

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-294

  Kurokawa, Junko ^a   Furukawa, Tetsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BRADYCARDIA; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; MALE; POTASSIUM; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 84856297442     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1354     Document Type: Editorial

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