Cytosolic calcium ions exert a major influence on the firing rate and maintenance of pacemaker activity in guinea-pig sinus node

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Capel, Rebecca A ^a   Terrar, Derek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium chelation; Cytosolic calcium; Heart rate; Pacemaking; Sino atrial node

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CYTOSOL; GUINEA PIG; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

EID: 84926433213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00023     Document Type: Article

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