Electrophysiology and anatomy of embryonic rabbit hearts before and after septation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 1 57-1, 2005, Pages

  Rothenberg, F ^a,c   Nikolski, V P ^a   Watanabe, M ^b   Efimov, I R ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction system; Optical mapping; Rabbit embryo

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN 160; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COLLAGEN TYPE II; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL HEART; FIBROBLASTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RABBITS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 11144314690     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00770.2004     Document Type: Review

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