Importance of gradients in membrane properties and electrical coupling in sinoatrial node pacing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Inada, Shin ^a   Zhang, Henggui ^b   Tellez, James O ^b   Shibata, Nitaro ^c   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^a   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^d   Kodama, Itsuo ^d   Mitsui, Kazuyuki ^e   Dobrzynski, Halina ^b   Boyett, Mark R ^b   Honjo, Haruo ^d  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Shinjuku Mitsui Building Clinic   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; HEART ATRIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SINUS NODE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; HEART ATRIA; ION CHANNELS; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84899717305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094565     Document Type: Article

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