Functional and morphological evidence for a ventricular conduction system in zebrafish and Xenopus hearts

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 53-4, 2003, Pages

  Sedmera, David ^a   Reckova, Maria ^a,b,d   DeAlmeida, Angela ^a,b,d   Sedmerova, Martina ^a   Biermann, Martin ^b,c   Volejnik, Jiri ^a   Sarre, Alexandre ^d   Raddatz, Eric ^d   McCarthy, Robert A ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a   Thompson, Robert P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Electrophysiology; Fish; Frog; Optical mapping; PSA NCAM; Rana

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TOAD; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0037379138     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00870.2002     Document Type: Article

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