Myocytefibroblast electrical coupling: The basis of a stable relationship?

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-217

  Ongstad, Emily L ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a,b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; MYOCYTE FIBROBLAST ELECTRICAL COUPLING; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; STRESS; ANIMAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS;

EID: 84856173169     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr338     Document Type: Editorial

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