A model of smooth muscle cell synchronization in the arterial wall

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jacobsen, Jens Christian Brings ^a   Aalkjær, Christian ^b   Nilsson, Holger ^b   Matchkov, Vladimir V ^b   Freiberg, Jacob ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chloride channel; Gap junctions; Mathematical model; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLIC GMP;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GAP JUNCTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUBE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 34547121456     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00727.2006     Document Type: Article

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