Descending vasa recta endothelium is an electrical syncytium

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Qingli ^a   Cao, Chunhua ^a   Mangano, Michael ^b   Zhang, Zhong ^a   Silldorff, Erik P ^b   Lee Kwon, Whaseon ^a   Payne, Kristie ^a   Pallone, Thomas L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Electrophysiology; Kidney; Medulla; Microcirculation; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BIS(1,3 DIBARBITURIC ACID)TRIMETHINE OXANOL; CALCIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL; LUCIFER YELLOW; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNCYTIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENAL ARTERY; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 33845402317     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00261.2006     Document Type: Article

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