Characterization and influence of cardiac background sodium current in the atrioventricular node

Background inward sodium current (IB,Na) that influences cardiac pacemaking has been comparatively under-investigated. The aim of this study was to determine for the first time the properties and role of IB,Na in cells from the heart's secondary pacemaker, the atrioventricular node (AVN). Myocy...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Hongwei, Li, Jue, James, Andrew F., Inada, Shin, Choisy, Stéphanie C.M., Orchard, Clive H., Zhang, Henggui, Boyett, Mark R., Hancox, Jules C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007024/