Electrotonic transmission within pericyte-containing retinal microvessels

Microcirculation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-363

  Wu, David ^a   Minami, Masahiro ^a   Kawamura, Hajime ^a   Puro, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary; KATP channels; Microvessels; Patch clamp technique; Pericytes; Retina

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; HEPTANOL; OXOTREMORINE; PINACIDIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXOTREMORINE; PERICYTES; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL VESSELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745025958     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680600745778     Document Type: Article

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