Ca2+-images of smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells in one confocal plane in femoral artery segments of the rat

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 106-113

  Ohi, Y ^a   Takai, N ^a   Muraki, K ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Imaizumi, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ imaging; Confocal microscope; Endothelium; Rat femoral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; INDO 1; POTASSIUM ION; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL INTERACTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034743781     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.86.106     Document Type: Article

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