Age-related changes in myocardial nerve and collagen networks of the auricle of the right atrium

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-518

  Burkauskiene, Aušra ^a   Mackiewicz, Zygmunt ^b,c   Virtanen, Ismo ^d   Konttinen, Yrjö T ^e,f,g,h  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

^h BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Auricle; Collagen; Myocardium; Nerve plexuses

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE PLEXUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NERVE FIBERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33750373861     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.5.2017765     Document Type: Article

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