Characterization of the intrinsic cardiac nervous system

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 199, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-16

  Wake, Emily ^a,b   Brack, Kieran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac ganglia; Cardiac innervation; Ganglionic plexuses; Intrinsic cardiac nervous system; Neurocardiology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AUTONOMIC NERVE; CARDIAC GANGLION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL ACTIVATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENTRICULAR INNERVATION; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; NEURONS;

EID: 84992197155     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.08.006     Document Type: Review

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