Structural properties of rat mesenteric small arteries after 4-wk exposure to elevated or reduced blood flow

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Pourageaud, Fabrice ^a,b   De Mey, Jo G R ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumferential wall stress; Hyperplasia; Hypertrophy; Morphometry; Pressure myograph; Remodeling; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030723462     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.4.h1699     Document Type: Article

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