Three-dimensional anatomy of the conduction system of the early embryonic rabbit heart

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-7

  Rothenberg, Florence ^a,b   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction system; Embryo; Neurofilament; Rabbit; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; NF 160; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RABBITS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 30344485938     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20244     Document Type: Article

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