Dilation and reduced distensibility of rat carotid artery with aging

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-466

  Simon, Geza ^a,b   Danneman, Krista J ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Elastic modulus; Morphometry; Remodeling; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; EPOXIDE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; GEOMETRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERFUSION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RIGIDITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; MALE; RATS; VASODILATION;

EID: 23844551234     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-200067652     Document Type: Article

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