Anisotropic Activation Spread in Heart Cell Monolayers Assessed by High-Resolution Optical Mapping: Role of Tissue Discontinuities

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-127

  Fast, Vladimir G ^a   Darrow, Bruce J ^b   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^b   Kléber, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cell culture; Collagen; Ventricular myocytes; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DOGS; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPTICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0029990664     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.1.115     Document Type: Article

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