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TOBIAS OP'T HOF, ALBERT J C MACKAAY, WIM K BLEEKER, HABO J JONGSMA, LENNART N BOUMAN, Differences between rabbit sinoatrial pacemakers in their response to Mg, Ca and temperature, Cardiovascular Research, Volume 17, Issue 9, September 1983, Pages 526–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/17.9.526
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SUMMARY
The rabbit sinoatrial node is functionally inhomogeneous with respect to its response to changes in Mg concentration (0.6 to 6.0 mmol·litre−1) and in Ca concentration (1.1 to 2.2 mmol·litre−1) and to changes in experimental temperature (30 to 38°C). High Mg (6.0 mmol·litre−1) stabilises the position of the leading pacemaker. This pacemaker decelerates under high Mg, but the subsidiary ones decelerate even more. Consequently when a subsidiary pacemaker turns dominant — eg under low Ca or at low temperature — an enhanced chronotropic response to high Mg is observed. The superior (cranial) part of the rabbit sinoatrial node is more responsive to changes in Ca concentration than the inferior (caudal) part. The same holds true for changes in temperature.