Development of an implantable muscle stimulator: Measurement of stimulated angiogenesis and poststimulus vessel regression

Microcirculation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-128

  Linderman, J Russell ^a   Kloehn, Michael R ^a   Greene, Andrew S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Exercise; Muscle stimulation; Rat; Vessel density; Vessel regression

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034168290     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/sj.mn.7300100     Document Type: Article

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