Ageing-related changes of connexins and conduction within the sinoatrial node

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 560, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-437

  Jones, Sandra A ^a   Lancaster, Matthew K ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; HEART RATE; NEWBORN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SENESCENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SINOATRIAL NODE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 7444262001     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.072108     Document Type: Article

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