Nuclear and cellular size of myocytes in different segments of the developing rat heart

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-125

  Knaapen, M W M ^a   Vrolijk, B C M ^a   Wenink, A C G ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy and Embryology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Heart; Myocardium; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HEART; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PREGNANCY; RATS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030025133     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199601)244:1<118::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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