Platelet activating factor (PAF) increases leukocyte adhesion but does not alter vessel diameter in the rat mesenteric microcirculation

Microvascular Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-276

  Smalley, David M ^a   Wood, John G ^b   Childs, Ed W ^a   Frank, Laurie L ^a   Cheung, Laurence Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Intravital microscopy; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VITAL STAIN;

EID: 0032212058     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1998.2104     Document Type: Article

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