Myocardial remodelling in left ventricular atrophy induced by caloric restriction

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Gruber, Carina ^a   Nink, Nadine ^a   Nikam, Sandeep ^b   Magdowski, Gerd ^a   Kripp, Gerhard ^a   Voswinckel, Robert ^b   Mühlfeld, Christian ^a,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Electron microscopy; Malnutrition; Myocardial remodelling; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ATROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CAPILLARIES; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NERVE FIBERS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84855471326     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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