title: Calcium currents in single SA nodal cells of the rabbit heart studied with action potential clamp.
abstract: With a new method called "Action Potential-Clamp" (APC) we studied in single SA nodal cells the contribution of both transient and long lasting calcium currents (L-type and T-type) to the action potential. Action potentials were recorded by a computer and a representative cycle was subsequently repetitively replayed to the same cell under voltage clamp. Blockade of the L-type calcium current (D600) or T-type calcium current (nickel) revealed the quantitative and time related contributions of these currents to the action potential, since the blocked current is compensated by the clamp amplifier.
authors.affiliation: II. Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doerr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Denger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Trautwein
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D011817:Rabbits; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium