The rate and anisotropy of impulse propagation in the postnatal terminal crest are correlated with remodeling of Cx43 gap junction pattern

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-387

  Litchenberg, Wanda H ^a   Norman, Lisa W ^a   Holwell, Adria K ^a   Martin, Kylie L ^a   Hewett, Kenneth W ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RABBITS; WEANING;

EID: 0033979744     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00363-6     Document Type: Article

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