Optical methods to evaluate the contractile function of unloaded isolated cardiac myocytes

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-25

  Delbridge, Leanne M D ^a   Roos, Kenneth P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Contractility; Digital imaging; Isotonic cell shortening; Laser diffraction; Sarcomere motion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GEOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; INOTROPISM; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0030939165     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0247     Document Type: Review

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