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The effects of aprindine (1 X 10(-7) to 4 X 10(-6) M) were examined on membrane potential and current of rabbit sinoatrial node by means of conventional microelectrode and double microelectrode voltage clamp methods. Aprindine decreased, in a dose-dependent manner, the spontaneously firing frequency, the maximum rate of depolarization and the action potential amplitude, and prolonged the action potential duration at half-amplitude. The slope of the diastolic depolarization was also reduced by the drug. In the voltage clamp experiment, aprindine reduced the slow inward current (Isi), the time-dependent potassium current (Ik) and the hyperpolarization activated current (Ih). The recovery time constant of Isi was prolonged by aprindine, while the kinetics of Ik was not altered. It is indicated that aprindine does not have an effect on a specific conductance or a single current system, but that the drug exerts an inhibitory effect on the electrical activity of sinoatrial node.
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