Why do we have Purkinje fibers deep in our heart?

Physiological Research

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Sedmera, D ^a,b   Gourdie, R G ^c,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction system; Connexin; Gap junctions; Specialized tracts

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PURKINJE FIBERS;

EID: 84897670632     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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