Cell-cell communication in the vessel wall

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Dora, Kim A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Conduction; Current; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNCYTIUM; TISSUE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0035030848     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135886301666458055     Document Type: Review

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