Connexin-dependent communication within the vascular wall: Contribution to the control of arteriolar diameter

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 268-283

  De Wit, Cor ^a   Wölfle, Stephanie E ^a   Höpfl, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33744461864     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000092575     Document Type: Review

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