Electrophysiological mapping of embryonic mouse hearts: Mechanisms for developmental pacemaker switch and internodal conduction pathway

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-318

  Yi, Tongyin ^a   Wong, Johnson ^a   Feller, Eric ^a   Sink, Samantha ^a   Taghli Lamallem, Ouarda ^a   Wen, Jianyan ^a   Kim, Changsung ^a   Fink, Martin ^b   Giles, Wayne ^c   Soussou, Walid ^d   Chen, Huei Sheng V ^a,e  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d QUASAR Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conduction system; electrophysiology mapping; internodal pathway; intracellular calcium; ion channel; sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; PREGNANCY; RYANODINE; SARCOLEMMA; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 84858618720     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02191.x     Document Type: Article

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