Electrical coupling between smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells in pig coronary arteries

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 364-367

  Bény, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Endothelial cell; Heterocellular electrical coupling; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031033077     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050289     Document Type: Article

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