Effect of age on mechanical properties of rat mesenteric small arteries

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-275

  Laurant, Pascal ^a   Adrian, Mark ^a   Berthelot, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Arteries; Elastic modulus; Pressure; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; ELASTICITY; HEART RATE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 3042798244     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-026     Document Type: Article

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