Role of the community effect of cardiomyocyte in the entrainment and reestablishment of stable beating rhythms

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Kojima, Kensuke ^a   Kaneko, Tomoyuki ^b,c   Yasuda, Kenji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beating fluctuation; Cardiomyocyte; Cell network; Entrainment; Single cell based culture assay system; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERIODICITY;

EID: 33750346213     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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