Hindlimb unloading results in increased predisposition to cardiac arrhythmias and alters left ventricular connexin 43 expression

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Moffitt, Julia A ^a   Henry, Matthew K ^a   Welliver, Kathryn C ^a   Jepson, Amanda J ^a   Garnett, Emily R ^a  

^a DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconditioning; Depression; Hindlimb suspension; Microgravity; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ISOPRENALINE; ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HINDLIMB UNLOADING; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODEL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874642909     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00391.2012     Document Type: Article

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