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The Purkinje fiber-myocardial cell region in the goat heart as studied by combined scanning electron microscopy and chemical digestion

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The 3-dimensional architecture of the junctional region between Purkinje fibers and ordinary myocardial cells has been closely studied by combined scanning electron microscopy and chemical digestion in the goat heart. It was revealed that the Purkinje fibers forming the terminal arborization of the atrioventricular bundle are followed by transitional cells which are in contact with ordinary myocardial cells.

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  1. M. Nakamura

    Present address: Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Oita, Hasama-machi, 879-56, Oita, Japan

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Oita, Hasama-machi, 879-56, Oita, Japan

    T. Shimada & A. Notohara

  2. Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    T. Shimada, M. Nakamura & A. Notohara

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Acknowledgment. We wish to thank Professor M. Murakami and Professor K. Yamada for encouraging this study.

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Shimada, T., Nakamura, M. & Notohara, A. The Purkinje fiber-myocardial cell region in the goat heart as studied by combined scanning electron microscopy and chemical digestion. Experientia 40, 849–850 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951989

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