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Optical pacing of the embryonic heart

Light has been used to noninvasively alter the excitability of both neural and cardiac tissue 1–10. Recently, pulsed laser light has been shown to be capable of eliciting action potentials in peripheral nerves and in cultured cardiomyocytes 7–10. Here, we demonstrate for the first time optical pacin...

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Autores principales: Jenkins, M. W., Duke, A. R., Gu, S., Chiel, H. J., Fujioka, H., Watanabe, M., Jansen, E. D., Rollins, A. M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.166