Small artery remodeling: Current concepts and questions

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-202

  Van Den Akker, Jeroen ^a   Schoorl, Marieke J C ^a   Bakker, Erik N T P ^a   Vanbavel, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actin; Artery; Biomechanics; Collagen; Elastin; Hypertension; Inflammation; Remodeling; Smooth muscle cell; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ELASTIN;

ARTERIOLE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; STIMULUS CONTRACTION COUPLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 70350683339     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000255962     Document Type: Review

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