Hibernator Citellus undulatus maintains safe cardiac conduction and is protected against tachyarrhythmias during extreme hypothermia: Possible role of Cx43 and Cx45 up-regulation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 966-975

  Fedorov, Vadim V ^a,b   Li, Li ^c   Glukhov, Alexey ^a   Shishkina, Irina ^a   Aliev, Rubin R ^d   Mikheeva, Tatiana ^a   Nikolski, Vladimir P ^b,c   Rosenshtraukh, Leonid V ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Connexin; Hibernation; Hypothermia; Immunohistochemistry; Optical mapping; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SINUS RHYTHM; SQUIRREL; TACHYCARDIA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS; SCIURIDAE; TACHYCARDIA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 25444501499     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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