An equation describing spread of membrane potential changes in a short segment of blood vessel

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Crane, G J ^a   Neild, T O ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD VESSELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0032825464     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/402     Document Type: Article

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