HCN channels in the heart: Lessons from mouse mutants

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 501-509

  Herrmann, S ^a   Hofmann, F ^a   Stieber, J ^a   Ludwig, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiac hypertrophy; HCN channel blockers; hyperpolarization activated channels; pacemaking; sino atrial node; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CATION CHANNEL; CYCLIC AMP; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL 1; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL 3; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL BLOCKER; IVABRADINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84859896544     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01798.x     Document Type: Review

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