Modelling the mechanical properties of cardiac muscle

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 289-331

  Hunter, P J ^a   McCulloch, A D ^b   Ter Keurs, H E D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TROPONIN C;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELASTICITY; FERRET; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0032026584     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(98)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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