Cardiac rhythms in avian embryos and hatchlings

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 123-150

  Tazawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic signals; Developmental pattern; Embryos; Hatchlings; Heart rate fluctuation; Instantaneous heart rate; Mean heart rate

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 26844439666     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/147020605783437977     Document Type: Review

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