The hypertrophic heart rat: A new normotensive model of genetic cardiac and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 2002, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Harrap, Stephen B ^b   Danes, Vennetia R ^c   Ellis, Justine A ^c   Griffiths, Cory D ^c   Jones, Elizabeth F ^a   Delbridge, Leanne M D ^c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Cells; Genetics; Hypertrophy; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE MODEL; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HEART; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 0346739996     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00006.2002     Document Type: Article

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