Volume 34, No 8, Aug 2024

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 34 Issue 8, August 2024: 556-571   |  Open Access

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

A GABAergic system in atrioventricular node pacemaker cells controls electrical conduction between the atria and ventricles

Dandan Liang^{1,2,3,4,5,†} , Liping Zhou^1,2,3,† , Huixing Zhou^1,2,3,† , Fulei Zhang^1,2,3,† , Guojian Fang^1,2,3,† , Junwei Leng^1,2,3 , Yahan Wu^1,2,3 , Yuemei Zhang^1,2,3 , Anqi Yang^1,2,3 , Yi Liu^1,2 , Yi-Han Chen^1,2,3,4,5,*

¹State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
²Shanghai Arrhythmia Research Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
³Department of Cardiology, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
⁴Research Units of Origin and Regulation of Heart Rhythm, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
⁵Clinical Center for Heart Disease Research, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
^†These authors contributed equally: Dandan Liang, Liping Zhou, Huixing Zhou, Fulei Zhang, Guojian Fang
Correspondence: Yi-Han Chen(yihanchen@tongji.edu.cn)

Physiologically, the atria contract first, followed by the ventricles, which is the prerequisite for normal blood circulation...

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-00980-x

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