In situ visualization of spontaneous calcium waves within perfused whole rat heart by confocal imaging

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Minamikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Cody, Stephen H ^a   Williams, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; Fluo 3; Saline immersible objective

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750691402     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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