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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Oct 28;288(3):H1113–H1123. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00882.2004

Table 1. Steady-state junctional conductance inactivation and recovery curves.

Ventricular Myocytes (n = 4) N2a-Cx43 Cells (n = 6)
−Vj +Vj −Vj +Vj
Inactivation parameter
Gmax 1.00±0.001 1.04±0.002 0.99±0.001 0.99±0.001
Gmin 0.31 ±0.001 0.37±0.001 0.20±0.001 0.26±0.001
V1/2, mV −57.06±0.04 +55.87±0.09 −66.78±0.04 +71.61 ±0.07
Valence −3.48±0.02 +3.06±0.03 −3.25±0.02 +2.66±0.02
Recovery parameter
Gmax 1.60±0.002 2.46±0.005 0.79±0.001 0.95±0.001
Gmin 0.30±0.001 0.43±0.002 0.18±0.001 0.22±0.001
V1/2, mV −43.36±0.06 +44.78±0.09 −55.17±0.07 +55.35±0.10
Valence −2.35±0.01 +2.09±0.01 −2.72±0.02 +2.27±0.02

Values are means ± SE; n, no. of experiments. Gmax, maximum conductance; Gmin, minimum conductance; V1/2, half-maximal voltage; Vj, transjunctional voltage; –, negative Vj; +, positive Vj.