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The cardiac background sodium current plays an important role in maintaining the intrinsic rhythmicity and spontaneous rate of the sinoatrial node.
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The paper highlights the physiological importance of the elusive cardiac background sodium current in the sinoatrial node and pacemaker-conduction system.
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Cheng et al. (2016) studied this question. The cardiac background sodium current plays an important role in maintaining the intrinsic rhythmicity and spontaneous rate of the sinoatrial node.
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