Myoendothelial gap junctions. The gap is there, but does EDHF go through it?

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-250

  Fleming, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Gap junctions; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033963978     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.3.249     Document Type: Editorial

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