Role of calcium-activated potassium channels in the heart

Ability of intracellular calcium to open K+-selective channels in an excitable membrane and to hasten repolarization of an action potential or inhibit firing is a fundamental principle of biology first recognized in the mid-1970s. There are several types of these channels, the principal ones being l...

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Main Author: William T Clusin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2017-01-01
Series:Cardiology Plus
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Online Access:http://www.cardiologyplus.org/article.asp?issn=2470-7511;year=2017;volume=2;issue=1;spage=26;epage=38;aulast=Clusin