[Article in German] BÃ¶hm M. Adenosine has a negative inotropic effect in cardiac atrial preparations (direct negative inotropic effect). This effect is probably due to an activation of a potassium outward current which shortens the action potential duration and hence reduces the force of contraction.
A scatterplot is a graph that is used to plot the data points for two variables. Each scatterplot has a horizontal axis (x-axis) and a vertical axis (y-axis). One variable is plotted on each axis.
1 A scatter plot describes a positive trend if, as one set of values increases, the other set tends to increase.  A scatter plot describes a negative trend if, as one set of values increases, the other set tends to decrease.