• Exercise training reduces resting heart rate via downregulation of the funny channel HCN4 

      D'Sousa, Alicia; Bucchi, Annalisa; Johnsen, Anne Berit; Logantha, Sunil; Monfredi, Oliver; Yanni, Joseph; Prehar, Sukhal; Hart, George; Cartwright, Elisabeth; Wisløff, Ulrik; Dobryznski, Halina; DiFrancesco, Dario; Morris, Gwilym; Boyett, Mark (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Endurance athletes exhibit sinus bradycardia, that is a slow resting heart rate, associated with a higher incidence of sinus node (pacemaker) disease and electronic pacemaker implantation. Here we show that training-induced ...