[The effect of certain ions on the realization of the phase-dependent action of the vagus nerve on the heart rhythm in cats]

Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova. 1996 Jan;82(1):65-70.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In cats, magnesium, potassium and finoptin diminished the vagal chronotropic effect whereas calcium potentiated it. In potassium chloride administration, the vagotropic action was due to a selective diminishing of the tonic component.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / pharmacology
  • Calcium Chloride / pharmacology*
  • Cats
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Female
  • Heart Rate / drug effects*
  • Heart Rate / physiology
  • Magnesium Sulfate / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Potassium Chloride / pharmacology*
  • Vagus Nerve / drug effects*
  • Vagus Nerve / physiology
  • Verapamil / pharmacology

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Magnesium Sulfate
  • Verapamil
  • Calcium Chloride