The nervous heart

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 199-209

  Ripplinger, Crystal M ^a   Noujaim, Sami F ^b   Linz, Dominik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic control; Cardiac nerves; Ventricular tachycardia fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84955315013     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.015     Document Type: Article

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