Mechanisms underlying hypertrophic remodeling and increased stiffness of mesenteric resistance arteries from aged rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 696-706

  Briones, Ana M ^a,b   Salaices, Mercedes ^b   Vila, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; ELASTIN; AZO COMPOUND; C.I. DIRECT RED 80; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AGING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34548379932     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.7.696     Document Type: Article

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