Evaluation of innervation of the mitral valves and the effects of myxomatous degeneration in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Culshaw, Geoff J ^a   French, Anne T ^a   Han, Richard I ^a   Black, Alexander ^c   Pearson, Geoff T ^b   Corcoran, Brendan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MYXOMATOUS MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77249155722     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.2.194     Document Type: Article

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