| Literature DB >> 24727147 |
Karen Ocorr1, Georg Vogler2, Rolf Bodmer3.
Abstract
In recent years the Drosophila heart has become an established model for many different aspects of human cardiac disease. This model has allowed identification of disease-causing mechanisms underlying congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies and has permitted the study of underlying genetic, metabolic and age-related contributions to heart function. In this review we discuss methods currently employed in the analysis of the Drosophila heart structure and function, such as optical methods to infer heart function and performance, electrophysiological and mechanical approaches to characterize cardiac tissue properties, and conclude with histological techniques used in the study of heart development and adult structure.Entities:
Keywords: Atomic force microscopy; Cardiomyopathy; Development; Drosophila; Electrophysiology; Heart; Immunohistochemistry; KCNQ; Optical heartbeat analysis; Tinman
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24727147 PMCID: PMC4058868 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.03.031
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods ISSN: 1046-2023 Impact factor: 3.608