Muscarinic regulation of the L-type calcium current in isolated cardiac myocytes

P F Méry; N Abi-Gerges; G Vandecasteele; J Jurevicius; T Eschenhagen; R Fischmeister

doi:10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00055-6

Muscarinic regulation of the L-type calcium current in isolated cardiac myocytes

Life Sci. 1997;60(13-14):1113-20. doi: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00055-6.

Authors

P F Méry¹, N Abi-Gerges, G Vandecasteele, J Jurevicius, T Eschenhagen, R Fischmeister

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, INSERM U446, Université de Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, Chatenay-Malabry, France.

PMID: 9121355
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00055-6

Abstract

Muscarinic agonists regulate the L-type calcium current in isolated cardiac myocytes. The second messengers pathways involved in this regulation are discussed briefly, with particular emphasis on the involvement of cAMP and cGMP pathways.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Calcium Channels / drug effects*
Cyclic AMP / biosynthesis
Cyclic GMP / biosynthesis
Heart / drug effects*
Humans
Muscarinic Agonists / pharmacology*
Nitric Oxide / physiology

Substances

Calcium Channels
Muscarinic Agonists
Nitric Oxide
Cyclic AMP
Cyclic GMP