Developmental origin, growth, and three-dimensional architecture of the atrioventricular conduction axis of the mouse heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 728-736

  Aanhaanen, Wim T J ^a   Mommersteeg, Mathilda T M ^a   Norden, Julia ^b   Wakker, Vincent ^a   De Gier De Vries, Corrie ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^c   Kispert, Andreas ^b   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrioventricular canal; atrioventricular node; heart development; lineage analysis; three dimensional reconstruction; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; GENETIC LINE; HEART; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HIS BUNDLE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; TRICUSPID VALVE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77957265714     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.222992     Document Type: Article

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