EFFECT OF ELECTROTONIC POTENTIALS ON PACEMAKER ACTIVITY OF CANINE PURKINJE-FIBERS IN RELATION TO PARASYSTOLE
EFFECT OF ELECTROTONIC POTENTIALS ON PACEMAKER ACTIVITY OF CANINE PURKINJE-FIBERS IN RELATION TO PARASYSTOLE
复制标题
DOI:
10.1161/01.res.39.6.801
复制
发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
MOE, GK
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
JALIFE, J;MOE, GK
Isolated false tendons excised from dog hearts were mounted in a 3-chamber tissue bath. Isotonic sucrose solution was perfused in the central chamber to provide a region of depressed conductivity between the fiber segments in chambers 1 and 3, which were perfused with Tyrode''s solution. The electrotonic influence of spontaneous or driven responses evoked in chamber 3 during the 1st half of the spontaneous cycle of a chamber 1 pacemaker delayed the next spontaneous discharge. This effect changed to acceleration when the chamber 3 segment fired during the 2nd half of the spontaneous cycle. Subthreshold depolarizing current pulses 50-300 ms applied across the sucrose gap caused similar degrees of delay or acceleration. Hyperpolarizing currents caused the reverse pattern. The discharge pattern of a parasystolic focus may be altered by the electrotonic influence of activity in the surrounding tissue. The significance of these findings is considered in relation to the mechanism of production of parasystolic rhythms.