Electrophysiological effects of right and left vagal nerve stimulation on the ventricular myocardium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Yamakawa, Kentaro ^a   So, Eileen L ^a   Rajendran, Pradeep S ^a   Hoang, Jonathan D ^a   Makkar, Nupur ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Repolarization; Vagal nerve stimulation; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

REPOLARIZATION; VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION; VENTRICLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART RATE; PERICARDIUM; SWINE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84906914960     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00279.2014     Document Type: Article

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