Arrhythmogenic role of the border between two areas of cardiac cell alignment

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-234

  Kudryashova, N N ^a   Teplenin, A S ^a   Orlova, Y V ^b   Selina, L V ^a   Agladze, K ^a  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ICeMS Research Building Yoshida Honmachi ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Excitation; FitzHugh Nagumo model; Optical mapping; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; NANOFIBER; POLYMETHYLGLUTARIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYMER;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL ALINGMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITZHUGH NAGUMO MODEL; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84907781162     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: 10958584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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