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Alpha 1-adrenoceptors reduce background K+ current in rabbit ventricular myocytes

D Fedida1, A P Braun, W R Giles

  • 1Department of Medical Physiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The Journal of Physiology
|September 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Alpha-1 adrenergic receptors in rabbit ventricular cells regulate the inward rectifier potassium current (IK1). This modulation affects action potential repolarization and cardiac performance.

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