Connexin expression and conducted vasodilation along arteriolar endothelium in mouse skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1152-1158

  Looft Wilson, Robin C ^b   Payne, Geoffrey W ^b   Segal, Steven S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Microcirculation; Muscle blood flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 4344694192     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00133.2004     Document Type: Article

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