Heart autonomic innervation during the acute phase of experimental American trypanosomiasis in the dog

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 492-496

  Machado, Conceição R S ^a   Caliari, Marcelo V ^a   De Lana, Marta ^b   Tafuri, Washington L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INNERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031708422     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.492     Document Type: Article

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