Localisation and quantitation of autonomic innervation in the porcine heart. I: Conduction system

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-357

  Crick, Simon J ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^b   Ho, Siew Yen ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac conduction system; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; GANGLION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SINUS NODE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SWINE; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0032758860     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19530341.x     Document Type: Article

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