A review of the literature on cardiac electrical activity between fibroblasts and myocytes

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 128-133

  Mahoney, Vanessa M ^a   Mezzano, Valeria ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Fibroblasts; Gap junctions; Heart; Ion channels; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84953264256     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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