Microstructured cocultures of cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts: A two-dimensional in vitro model of cardiac tissue

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-259

  Camelliti, Patrizia ^a   McCulloch, Andrew D ^b   Kohl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; In vivo; Microfluidics; Micropatterning; Rabbit; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FIBROBLASTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 21044437270     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050506     Document Type: Article

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