Gap junction remodelling is involved in the susceptibility of diabetic rats to hypokalemia-induced ventricular fibrillation

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-391

  Okruhlicova, Ludmila ^a   Tribulova, Narcis ^a   Mišejkova, Melania ^b   Kučka, Marek ^b   Štetka, Radovan ^a   Slezak, Jan ^a   Manoach, Mordechai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Diabetic heart; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; DISEASES; PROTEINS;

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPOKALEMIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036930610     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00675     Document Type: Article

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