BK channels regulate sinoatrial node firing rate and cardiac pacing in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2014, Pages H1327-H1338

  Meredith, Andrea L ^a,b   Wu, Yuejin ^c   Gao, Zhan ^c   Anderson, Mark E ^c   Dalziel, Julie E ^d   Lai, Michael H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcium activated potassium channel; Heart rate; Large conductance channel; Potassium channels; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

IBERIOTOXIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PAXILLINE; HCN4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE DELETION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; SINUS NODE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HEART RATE; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; INDOLES; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84908377022     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00354.2014     Document Type: Article

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