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Article: Studies from University of Joensuu, Faculty of Biosciences have provided new data on cardiology.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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A new study, 'Electrophysiological properties and expression of the delayed rectifier potassium (ERG) channels in the heart of thermally acclimated rainbow trout,' is now available. "In ectotherms, compensatory changes in ion channel number and activity are needed to maintain proper cardiac function at variable temperatures. The rapid component of the delayed rectifier K+ current (IKr) is important for repolarization of cardiac action potential and, therefore, crucial for regulation of cellular excitability and heart rate," scientists writing in the American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology report (see also Cardiology).
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