Cellular aspects of vascular remodeling in hypertension revealed by confocal microscopy

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1455-1464

  Arribas, Silvia M ^a   Hillier, Christopher ^b   González, Carmen ^b   McGrory, Simon ^b   Dominiczak, Anna F ^b   McGrath, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adventitia; Endothelium; Microscopy, confocal; Rats, inbred SHR; Remodeling; Resistance arteries

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0030722993     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.6.1455     Document Type: Article

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