Scanning electron microscopic studies of the vascular smooth muscle cells and pericytes in the rat heart

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Higuchi, Kotaro ^a   Hashizume, Hiroya ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033927454     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.115     Document Type: Article

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