Studying dynamic events in the developing myocardium

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 261-269

  Vostarek, Frantisek ^a,b   Sankova, Barbora ^a,b   Sedmera, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Cardiac conduction system; Embryo; Heart; High speed cameras; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908692652     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.06.002     Document Type: Review

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