'And the beat goes on' the cardiac conduction system: The wiring system of the heart

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1035-1049

  Boyett, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN TBX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRADYCARDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE FIBER; SINUS NODE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 70349242032     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.046920     Document Type: Article

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