Effects of acetylcholine and noradrenalin on action potentials of isolated rabbit sinoatrial and atrial myocytes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verkerk, Arie O ^a   Geuzebroek, Guillaume S C ^a   Veldkamp, Marieke W ^a   Wilders, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Action potentials; Cardiac myocytes; Left atrium; Noradrenalin; Pacemaker activity; Patch clamp; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866424947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00174     Document Type: Article

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