Increase in cardiac myosin heavy-chain (MyHC) alpha protein isoform in hibernating ground squirrels, with echocardiographic visualization of ventricular wall hypertrophy and prolonged contraction

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4678-4690

  Nelson, O Lynne ^a   Rourke, Bryan C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial contraction; Cardiac function; Echocardiogram; Hibernation; MyHC

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HIBERNATIAON; HIBERNATION; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MYHC; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE;

ATRIAL CONTRACTION; CARDIAC FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAM; HIBERNATIAON; MYHC;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HIBERNATION; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 84890590157     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.088773     Document Type: Article

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