Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 The sinoatrial node is perhaps one of the most important tissues in the entire body: it is the natural pacemaker of the heart, making it responsible for initiating each-and-every normal heartbeat.
Eilidh A. MacDonald +3 more
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Genetic Complexity of Sinoatrial Node Dysfunction
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 The pacemaker cells of the cardiac sinoatrial node (SAN) are essential for normal cardiac automaticity. Dysfunction in cardiac pacemaking results in human sinoatrial node dysfunction (SND).
Michael J. Wallace +16 more
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Histopathological changes in the electrical conduction of cardiac nodes after acute myocardial infarction in dogs and horses, compared with findings in humans: A histological, morphometrical, and immunohistochemical study [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: The heart conduction system is responsible for the occurrence of various types of cardiac arrhythmia. This study aimed to histologically and morphometrically describe damaged cardiac nodes during acute myocardial infarction and to ...
Fabián Gómez-Torres +2 more
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Two‐Pore K+ Channel TREK‐1 Regulates Sinoatrial Node Membrane Excitability
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016 BackgroundTwo‐pore K+ channels have emerged as potential targets to selectively regulate cardiac cell membrane excitability; however, lack of specific inhibitors and relevant animal models has impeded the effort to understand the role of 2‐pore K ...
Sathya D. Unudurthi +13 more
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Electron-conformational transformations in nanoscopic RyR channels govern both the heart's contraction and beating [PDF]
Pis'ma v ZhETP (JETP Lett.), 93 (7), 446-452 (2011), 2011 We show that a simple biophysically based electron-conformational model of RyR channel is able to explain and describe on equal footing the oscillatory regime of the heart's cell release unit both in sinoatrial node (pacemaker) cells under normal physiological conditions and in ventricular myocytes under Ca$^{2+}$ SR overload.
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Pathophysiology of Cav1.3 L-type calcium channels in the heart
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Ca2+ plays a crucial role in excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes. Dysfunctional Ca2+ regulation alters the force of contraction and causes cardiac arrhythmias. Ca2+ entry into cardiomyocytes is mediated mainly through L-type Ca2+ channels,
Sahil Zaveri +10 more
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Nature Communications, 2020 The role of of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) in pacemaking and conduction of the human sinoatrial node is unclear. Here, the authors investigate existence and function of neuronal and cardiac Nav in human sinoatrial nodes, and demonstrate their ...
Ning Li +20 more
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Parametric analysis of the ionic concentrations effects in the behavior of the sinoatrial node
Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2013 A sensibility study on the effect of ionic concentrations in the behavior of the sinoatrial node was carried out. The study was based on the model proposed by H. Zhang, A. V. Holden and M.R. Boyett.
Daniel Alfonso Sierra +2 more
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Structure of Cell Networks Critically Determines Oscillation Regularity [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology 297, 61-72 (2012), 2011 Biological rhythms are generated by pacemaker organs, such as the heart pacemaker organ (the sinoatrial node) and the master clock of the circadian rhythms (the suprachiasmatic nucleus), which are composed of a network of autonomously oscillatory cells.
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Role of indole derivative SS-68 in increasing the frequency range of cardiac rhythm control (reflex stimulation of the sinoatrial node) [PDF]
Research Results in Pharmacology, 2021 Introduction: Cardiac pacing is indicated for sick sinus syndrome. It is performed with a pacemaker via electrodes implanted in the heart. This technique has several disadvantages. The search for alternative methods of cardiac pacing is underway.
Pavel A. Galenko-Yaroshevsky +13 more
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