Vascular remodeling in arterioles: Plasticity of the vessel wall

Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 271-272

  Lee, Robert M K W ^a   Sandow, Shaun L ^b   DeMey, Jo G R ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ARTERIOLES; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 70349934529     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00027.2009     Document Type: Letter

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