Alterations of the intercellular coupling protein, connexin-43, during ventricular fibrillation and sinus rhythm restoration demonstrated in male and female rat hearts: A pilot study

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Radošinská, Jana ^a,b   Knezl, Vladimír ^c   Benová, Tamara ^a   Urban, L'ubomír ^d   Tribulová, Narcis ^a   Slezák, Ján ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d National Cardiovascular Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cardioversion; Connexin 43; Rat heart; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 80055113760     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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