Signs of cardiac autonomic imbalance and proarrhythmic remodeling in fto deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Carnevali, Luca ^a   Graiani, Gallia ^a   Rossi, Stefano ^a   Al Banchaabouchi, Mumna ^b,d   Macchi, Emilio ^a   Quaini, Federico ^a   Rosenthal, Nadia ^c,d   Sgoifo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CampusScience Support FacilitiesGmbH   (Austria)

^c Monash University   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FAT MASS; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE; GENETICS; HEART RATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FTO (FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED) PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84899684567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095499     Document Type: Article

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