Luigi Galvani and the foundations of electrophysiology

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Cajavilca, Christian ^a   Varon, Joseph ^b   Sternbach, George L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Galvani; Historical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; THEORETICAL STUDY; ANIMAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; ITALY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 58149336823     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.020     Document Type: Note

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