Confocal myography for the study of hypertensive vascular remodelling

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Arribas, Silvia M ^a   González, José M ^a,d   Briones, Ana M ^a,b   Somoza, Beatriz ^a,e   Daly, Craig J ^c   Vila, Elisabet ^b   González, M Carmen ^a   McGrath, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; RATS;

EID: 34347365312     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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