Endothelium-dependent, shear-induced vasodilation is rate-sensitive

Microcirculation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-65

  Butler, Peter J ^a   Weinbaum, Sheldon ^a   Chien, Shu ^b   Lemons, Daniel E ^b,c  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioles; Cremaster; Endothelial cells; Mechanical forces; Microvasculature; Rat; Rate sensitivity; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMORHEOLOGY; INDOMETHACIN; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034133057     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2000.tb00742.x     Document Type: Article

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