Electrical coupling between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells in hamster feed arteries: Role in vasomotor control

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 474-479

  Emerson, Geoffrey G ^a   Segal, Steven S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Electrical coupling; Endothelium; Resistance artery; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HAMSTER; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034665272     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.6.474     Document Type: Article

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