Mechanical measurements from isolated cardiac myocytes using a pipette attachment system

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 39-2, 1996, Pages

  Palmer, Roy E ^a   Brady, Allan J ^b   Roos, Kenneth P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cardiac muscle; force generation; left ventricular myocytes; passive stiffness; sarcomere uniformity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0029881779     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.2.c697     Document Type: Article

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