Aspects of the intercellular communication in aged hearts: Effects of the gap junction uncoupler palmitoleic acid

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 364, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 397-408

  Dhein, S ^a   Hammerath, S B ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Anisotropy; Connexin; Cx43; Gap junction; Heart

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 43; PALMITOLEIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FIBER; GAP JUNCTION; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 0034750825     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002100100462     Document Type: Article

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