Defining electrical communication in skeletal muscle resistance arteries: A computational approach

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 267-281

  Diep, Hai K ^a   Vigmond, Edward J ^a   Segal, Steven S ^b   Welsh, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HAMSTER; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNCYTIUM; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ARTERY; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY WALL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE RESISTANCE ARTERY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 26844485829     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.090233     Document Type: Article

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