Developmental patterning of the myocardium

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-337

  Sedmera, David ^a,b   Pexieder, Tomas ^a   Vuillemin, Mauricette ^a   Thompson, Robert P ^b   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compact myocardium; Embryonic heart; Myocardial architecture; Trabeculation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL HEART; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034176265     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000401)258:4<319::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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