Experientia

, Volume 39, Issue 10, pp 1099–1101 | Cite as

Little-excitable transitional cells in the rabbit sinoatrial node: a statistical, morphological and electrophysiological study

  • T. Op't Hof
  • W. K. Bleeker
  • M. Masson-Pévet
  • H. J. Jongsma
  • L. N. Bouman
Short Communications Physiology, Pathophysiology

Summary

It is demonstrated that systolic and diastolic depolarization rate are correlated with the percentage of myofilaments in the cells of the rabbit sinoatrial node. It appears that, in the rabbit sinoatrial node, little-excitable transitional cells exist in the zone of propagation at the septal side of the typical nodal cells.

Keywords

Electrophysiological Study Transitional Cell Nodal Cell Sinoatrial Node Diastolic Depolarization 
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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1983

Authors and Affiliations

  • T. Op't Hof
    • 1
  • W. K. Bleeker
    • 1
  • M. Masson-Pévet
    • 1
  • H. J. Jongsma
    • 1
  • L. N. Bouman
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhysiologyUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdam(The Netherlands)

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