Information Transfer in Microvascular Networks

Microcirculation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 377-387

  Secomb, Timothy W ^a   Pries, Axel R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conducted response; Diffusion; Flow regulation; Microcirculation; Myogenic response; Structural adaptation; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038325146     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800146     Document Type: Article

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