Stretch-induced calcium sensitization of rat lymphatic smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 54-6, 2003, Pages

  Shirasawa, Yuichi ^a   Benoit, Joseph N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphangion; Lymphatics; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUOROCHROME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 0345303771     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00002.2003     Document Type: Article

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