Ultrastructural Features of Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cells of Isolated Isobaric Human Placental and Maternal Arteries

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 635-647

  Sweeney, M ^a   Jones, C J P ^a   Greenwood, S L ^a   Baker, P N ^a   Taggart, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Human; Myometrial artery; Omental artery; Placental artery; Pressure myography; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Smooth muscle cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FERRICYANIDE; OSMIUM;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CAVEOLA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MYOFILAMENT; MYOMETRIUM; OMENTUM; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; CHORION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; OMENTUM; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 33645940619     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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