Electrical activation of the ventricular myocardium of the crocodile Crocodylus johnstoni: A combined microscopic and electrophysiological study

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-23

  Christian, E ^a   Grigg, G C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Crocodile; Depolarization; Electrical; Heart; Myocardial; Septum; Ventri cle

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033066617     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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