Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5952036 | Cardiovascular Pathology | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Obesity is associated with significant structural alterations in cardiomyocytes and capillaries, whereas no structural changes in the myocardial innervation were observed. The structural characteristics in obese mice do not provide a clear basis for functional changes observed in obesity-related cardiac hypertrophy.
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Authors
Carina Gruber, Karin Kohlstedt, Annemarieke E. Loot, Ingrid Fleming, Wolfgang Kummer, Christian Mühlfeld,