Controlling the structural and functional anisotropy of engineered cardiac tissues

Biofabrication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bian, Weining ^a   Jackman, Christopher P ^a   Bursac, Nenad ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropy; cardiac tissue engineering; hydrogel; microfabrication

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGELS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROFABRICATION; RATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEONATAL RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CYTOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84899529911     PISSN: 17585082     EISSN: 17585090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/6/2/024109     Document Type: Article

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