Zebrafish heart as a model for human cardiac electrophysiology

Channels

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 101-110

  Vornanen, Matti ^a   Hassinen, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Cardiac action potential; Cardiac ionic currents; Potassium channels; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; KCNH2A GENE; KCNH2B GENE; KCNH6 GENE; KCNH7 GENE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; ZEBRA FISH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84964454367     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2015.1121335     Document Type: Review

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