Autonomic innervation of the human cardiac conduction system: Changes from infancy to senility - An immunohistochemical and histochemical analysis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-182

  Chow, Louis Tsun Cheung ^a   Chow, Sharron Sau Ming ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b   Gosling, John A ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Cardiac conduction system; Cardiac innervation; Childhood; Human heart; Immunohistochemistry; Infancy; Senility

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CELL PROTEIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEUROMODULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENILITY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0035475481     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.1158     Document Type: Article

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