Electrical properties of iridial arterioles of the rat

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  David, G ^a   Hirst, S ^b   Edwards, Frank R ^a   Gould, Dianna J ^b   Sandow, Shaun L ^a   Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical coupling; Endothelial cells; Smooth muscle syncytium; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030724140     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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