Construction and use of a zebrafish heart voltage and calcium optical mapping system, with integrated electrocardiogram and programmable electrical stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 9, 2015, Pages R755-R768

  Lin, Eric ^a   Craig, Calvin ^a   Lamothe, Marcel ^a   Sarunic, Marinko V ^a   Beg, Mirza Faisal ^a   Tibbits, Glen F ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Calcium dynamics; RH 237; Rhod 2; Teleost heart

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CALCIUM OPTICAL MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; DIODE LASER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; REPOLARIZATION; T WAVE; ZEBRA FISH; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84929629258     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00001.2015     Document Type: Article

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