Examination of the transverse tubular system in living cardiac rat myocytes by 2-photon microscopy and digital image-processing techniques

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 266-275

  Soeller, C ^a   Cannell, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heart structure; Imaging; Myocyte; Rat; T system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033014826     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.3.266     Document Type: Article

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