Isolation and culture of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Ehler, Elisabeth ^a   Moore Morris, Thomas ^b   Lange, Stephan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Animal model; Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering; Cardiomyocytes; Cardiovascular; Cell biology; Cell culture techniques; Cellular biology; Culture; Disease models; Heart cells; Isolation; Issue 79; Models; Molecular biology; Neonatal mouse; Nmc; Primary cell culture; Primary cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884188524     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50154     Document Type: Article

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