Carbon fiber technique for the investigation of single-cell mechanics in intact cardiac myocytes

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1453-1457

  Sugiura, Seiryo ^a   Nishimura, Satoshi ^b   Yasuda, Soichiro ^b   Hosoya, Yumiko ^b   Katoh, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; MICROMANIPULATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 34347211059     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.241     Document Type: Article

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