Zebrafish: A novel research tool for cardiac (patho)electrophysiology and ion channel disorders

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verkerk, Arie O ^a   Remme, Carol Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potential; Arrhythmia; Cardiac electrophysiology; Ion channel; Ion channelopathy; Patch clamp; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866464224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00255     Document Type: Review

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