T-tubule profiles in Purkinje fibres of mammalian myocardium

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Di Maio, Alessandro ^a,b   Ter Keurs, H E ^c   Franzini Armstrong, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Purkinje (P) cells; Purkinje (P) strands; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Transverse (T) tubule

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOGS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART VENTRICLES; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PURKINJE FIBERS; RABBITS; RATS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34548797100     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-007-9109-6     Document Type: Article

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