Tissue Slices from Adult Mammalian Hearts as a Model for Pharmacological Drug Testing
Author(s) -
Alexandra Bussek,
Erich Wettwer,
Torsten Christ,
Horst Lohmann,
Patrizia Camelliti,
Ursula Ravens
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000257528
Subject(s) - microelectrode , electrophysiology , nifedipine , chemistry , extracellular , biophysics , nerve conduction velocity , papillary muscle , endocardium , channel blocker , medicine , electrode , biology , biochemistry , calcium
Isolated papillary muscles and enzymatically dissociated myocytes of guinea-pig hearts are routinely used for experimental cardiac research. The aim of our study is to investigate adult mammalian ventricular slices as an alternative preparation.
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