Unstable radii in muscular blood vessels

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Quick, Christopher M ^a   Baldick, Heather L ^b   Safabakhsh, Nina ^b   Lenihan, Timothy J ^b   John, K J L I ^b   Weizsäcker, Hans W ^b   Noordergraaf, Abraham ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

instability; smooth muscle contraction; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TENSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0030472171     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.6.h2669     Document Type: Article

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