Co-ordination of contractile activity in guinea-pig mesenteric lymphatics

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 235-244

  Crowe, Melissa J ^a   Von Der Weid, P Y ^a,b   Brock, J A ^a,c   Van Helden, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030984567     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022013     Document Type: Article

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