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Changes of the activation sequence in the rabbit sinoatrial node under the influence of low temperature and I f selective blocker ivabradine have been studied using the optical mapping technique. Both factors caused a shift of the pacemaker within the sinoatrial node region. These results are compared with the data obtained recently in the investigation of pacemaker shift under the influence of cholinergic and adrenergic factors. Possible mechanisms of the pacemaker shift are discussed. The suppression of electric activity in the central part of the sinoatrial node during the action of acetylcholine, which is called cholinergic inexcitability, may be considered as one of the mechanisms of the pacemaker shift. It is shown that the main cause of cholinergic inexcitability is the activation of potassium acetylcholine-dependent current I KACh.
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Abbreviations
- SAN:
-
sinoatrial node
- SDD:
-
slow diastolic depolarization
- AP:
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action potential
- ACh:
-
acetylcholine
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Original Russian Text © D.V. Abramochkin, V.S. Kuzmin, G.S. Sukhova, L.V. Rosenshtraukh, 2010, published in Biofizika, 2010, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 500–506.
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Abramochkin, D.V., Kuzmin, V.S., Sukhova, G.S. et al. Investigation of pacemaker shift in the rabbit sinoatrial node using the optical mapping technique. BIOPHYSICS 55, 442–446 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350910030152
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