Copper sulfate affects Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cardiomyocytes structure and contractile function

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 783-794

  De Andrade Waldemarin, Kátia Cristina ^a   Alves, Rosiane Nascimento ^b   Beletti, Marcelo Emílio ^b   Rantin, Francisco Tadeu ^a   Kalinin, Ana Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Cellular swelling; Copper sulfate (CuSO 4); Mitochondrial function; Myocardial contractility; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COPPER SULFATE;

CICHLID; COLLAGEN; COPPER COMPOUND; MITOCHONDRION; SWELLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE; INOTROPISM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COLLAGEN; COPPER SULFATE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBRILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 84862897688     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0838-3     Document Type: Article

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