Dye tracers define differential endothelial and smooth muscle coupling patterns within the arteriolar wall

Circulation Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 498-504

  Little, T L ^a   Xia, J ^a   Duling, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; fluorescent dyes; gap junction; intercellular communication; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; BIOCYTIN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; PENTOBARBITAL; PROBENECID; RHODAMINE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0028804566     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.res.76.3.498     Document Type: Article

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