The structural characteristics of the heart ventricle of the African lungfish Protopterus dolloi: Freshwater and aestivation

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-119

  Icardo, José M ^a,d   Amelio, Daniela ^b   Garofalo, Filippo ^b   Colvee, Elvira ^a   Cerra, Maria C ^b   Wong, Wai P ^c   Tota, Bruno ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Heart; Myocardium; Protopterus dolloi

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EUCHROMATIN; FRESHWATER FISH; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ESTIVATION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HEART VENTRICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 48549084481     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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