Endothelial and smooth muscle cell conduction in arterioles controlling blood flow

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 1 PART 2, 1998, Pages

  Welsh, Donald G ^a   Segal, Steven S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow control; Cell coupling; Cell to cell communication; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Gap junctions; Membrane potential; Microcirculation; Resistance vessels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HAMSTER; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHEEK; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33750888832     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.1.h178     Document Type: Article

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