The collagenous microstructure of cardiac ventricular trabeculae carneae

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Sands, G ^a   Goo, S ^b   Gerneke, D ^a,b   LeGrice, I ^a,b   Loiselle, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collagen; Confocal microscopy; Connective tissue; Picrosirius red; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAE CARNEAE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; HEART VENTRICLES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 78649904053     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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