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To delineate the responsible mechanisms and to directly relate changes in intercellular coupling at gap junctions with electrophysiological alterations, we studied the effects of cAMP, a mediator of cardiac hypertrophy, on action potential conduction velocity and connexin expression in neonatal rat ventricular myocyte cultures. Conduction velocity was measured with an optical activation mapping technique in cells loaded with the voltage-sensitive dye RH-237. Action potentials were conducted 24% to 29% more rapidly (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.005) after incubating cultures for 24 hours with the cAMP analogue dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP, 1 mmol\/L). However, db-cAMP caused no change in the maximum rate of rise of the action potential upstroke, V\u0307\n            <jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>\n            . Electron and immunofluorescence microscopy revealed a significant increase in the number and size of gap junctions in db-cAMP\u2013treated cells. 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