Action Potential Shape Is a Crucial Measure of Cell Type of Stem Cell-Derived Cardiocytes

Glenna C L Bett1, Aaron D Kaplan2, Randall L Rasmusson3

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Cellular and Systems Electrophysiology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Cellular and Systems Electrophysiology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

Biophysical Journal
|January 9, 2016
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