Arteriolar remodeling in skeletal muscle of rats exposed to chronic hypoxia

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 238-244

  Price, Richard J ^a   Skalak, Thomas C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Hemodynamic stress; Microcirculation; Microvascular network; Smooth muscle differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARTERIOLES; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031816890     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000025589     Document Type: Article

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