Architectural and functional asymmetry of the His-Purkinje system of the murine heart

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-86

  Miquerol, Lucile ^a   Meysen, Sonia ^a   Mangoni, Matteo ^b   Bois, Patrick ^c   Van Rijen, Harold V M ^d   Abran, Patrice ^a   Jongsma, Habo ^d   Nargeot, Joël ^b   Gros, Daniel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conduction system; Connexins; Mouse; Purkinje fiber; Transgenic animal models

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIS BUNDLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE FIBER; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BUNDLE OF HIS; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE FIBERS;

EID: 2942612343     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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