Conducted vascular responses: Communication across the capillary bed

Microvascular Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-53

  Collins, Diane M ^a   McCullough, William T ^a   Ellsworth, Mary L ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Conducted vasomotor responses; Hamsters; Red blood cells; Striated muscle; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHEEK POUCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HAMSTER; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031843694     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1998.2076     Document Type: Article

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