Conducted depolarization in arteriole networks of the guinea-pig small intestine: Effect of branching on signal dissipation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 229-244

  Segal, Steven S ^a,b   Neild, Timothy O ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029856911     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021680     Document Type: Article

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