The three-dimensional arrangement of the myocytes aggregated together within the mammalian ventricular myocardium

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Smerup, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Eva ^a   Agger, Peter ^a   Frandsen, Jesper ^a   Vestergaard Poulsen, Peter ^a   Andersen, Johnnie ^b   Nyengaard, Jens ^b   Pedersen, Michael ^a   Ringgaard, Steffen ^a   Hjortdal, Vibeke ^a   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^c   Anderson, Robert H ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal experimental models; Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 60149086174     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20798     Document Type: Article

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