Role of the intercalated disc in cardiac propagation and arrhythmogenesis

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Kleber, Andre G ^a   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac connexins; Discontinuous propagation; Electrical cell to cell coupling; Intercalated disc; Propagation velocity in heart

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; ANKYRIN G; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 84908371402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00404     Document Type: Review

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