High-throughput phenotypic assessment of cardiac physiology in four commonly used inbred mouse strains

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 763-775

  Moreth, Kristin ^a   Fischer, Ralf ^a   Fuchs, Helmut ^a   Gailus Durner, Valérie ^a   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a,b,c,d   Katus, Hugo A ^e   Bekeredjian, Raffi ^e   Hrabě de Angelis, Martin ^a,b,f,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^g Institute of Experimental Genetics and the German Mouse Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart; Screening

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MOUSE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84905035248     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0830-3     Document Type: Article

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