Regulation of vasomotion of arterioles and capillaries in the cat spinal cord: Role of α actin and endothelin-1

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-32

  Toribatake, Yasumitsu ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^a   Kawahara, Norio ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a   Ohnari, Hisato ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Pericyte; Spinal cord; Vascular corrosion cast; Vasomotion; actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAPILLARY; CAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031015197     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100348     Document Type: Article

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