The use of confocal microscopy in the investigation of cell structure and function in the heart, vascular endothelium and smooth muscle cells

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 171-194

  Bkaily, Ghassan ^a,b   Pothier, Pierre ^a   D'Orléans Juste, Pedro ^b   Simaan, May ^a   Jacques, Danielle ^a   Jaalouk, Doris ^a   Belzile, François ^a   Hassan, Ghada ^a   Boutin, Chantal ^a   Haddad, Georges ^a   Neugebauer, Witold ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Calcium; Cardiomyopathy; Cells interaction; Confocal microscopy; Dystrophic mouse; Endothelin 1; Excitation contraction coupling; Heart; Mitochondria; Nucleus; PAF; pH; R type Ca2+ channel; Sodium; SR; Vascular endothelium; Vascular smooth muscle; Voltage probe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 8544263849     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006840228104     Document Type: Article

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