Ventricular slices of adult mouse hearts - A new multicellular in vitro model for electrophysiological studies

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Halbach, Marcel ^a   Pillekamp, Frank ^a   Brockmeier, Konrad ^a   Hescheler, Jürgen ^a   Müller Ehmsen, Jochen ^a   Reppel, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Animal models; Cardiac field potentials; Cardiac *physiology; Electrophysiology *methods; Heart *physiology; Microelectrode array; Myocytes; Slices

Indexed keywords

AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LIDOCAINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINOPYRIDINES; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; LIDOCAINE; MICE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 33749009800     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095132     Document Type: Article

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