International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , 26 June 2009

Delayed anti-arrhythmic effect of nitroglycerin in anesthetized rats: Involvement of CGRP, PKC and mKATP channels

  • Babak Baharvand

      Affiliations

    • Heart Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Mansour Esmaili Dehaj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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  • Bahram Rasoulian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Mehrdad Namdari

      Affiliations

    • Heart Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Yaghoob Shikhani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Ali Asghar Kiani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran

Received 3 August 2007 ,Revised 2 February 2008 ,Accepted 29 March 2008.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.

PII: S0167-5273(08)00514-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.048

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , 26 June 2009

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