Morphological varieties of the purkinje fiber network in mammalian hearts, as revealed by light and electron microscopy

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-149

  Ono, Noriaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^b   Ishikawa, Hajime ^c   Arakawa, Mitsue ^d   Takahashi, Naohiko ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a   Shimada, Tatsuo ^e  

^a Departments of Cardiovascular Science

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; GOAT; HAPLORHINI; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MINKE WHALE; PURKINJE FIBER; RAT; SEAL; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FUR SEALS; GOATS; HAPLORHINI; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY; MINKE WHALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PURKINJE FIBERS; RATS; SHEEP;

EID: 77954345979     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.72.139     Document Type: Article

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