Morphological study of the heart innervation bats Myotis daubentoni and Eptesicus serotinus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae) during hibernation

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-205

  Pauziene, Neringa ^a,b   Pauza, Dainius H ^a   Stropus, Rimvydas ^a  

^a Department of Human Anatomy   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Bats; Heart; Hibernation; Intracardiac neurons; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HEART INNERVATION; HEART NERVE; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0033919393     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0924-3860(200007)38:3;1-5;FT195     Document Type: Article

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