A region-specific quantitative profile of autonomic innervation of the canine left atrium and pulmonary veins

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Gao, Chong Han ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Jiang, Rong ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Mou, Huamin ^b   Yin, Yue Hui ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic innervation; Left atria; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL COUNT; DOGS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART; HEART ATRIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PULMONARY VEINS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79957971659     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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