Focal myocardial infarction induces global remodeling of cardiac sympathetic innervation: Neural remodeling in a spatial context

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ajijola, Olujimi A ^a   Yagishita, Daigo ^a   Patel, Krishan J ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Yamakawa, Kentaro ^a   So, Eileen ^a   Lux, Robert L ^b   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac innervation; Neural remodeling; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOCAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC INNERVATION; NEURAL REMODELING; SYMPATHETIC NERVES;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; MYOCARDIUM; STELLATE GANGLION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884931061     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00434.2013     Document Type: Article

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