A quantitative description of the diffusion of noradrenaline in the media of blood vessels following its release from sympathetic varicosities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-372

  Bennett, M R ^a   Farnell, L ^a   Gibson, W G ^a   Blair, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amperometry; Artery; Noradrenaline diffusion; Uptake 1

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

HORMONE;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ENZYME KINETICS; EVALUATION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TAIL ARTERY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0344825316     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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