Structural inhomogeneity and fiber orientation in the inner arterial media

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Timmins, Lucas H ^a   Wu, Qiaofeng ^a   Yeh, Alvin T ^a   Moore Jr , James E ^a   Greenwald, Stephen E ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biaxial testing; Collagen; Elastin; Extracellular matrix; Nonlinear optical microscopy; Vascular smooth muscle cells; Vascular tissue

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COW; DISEASE COURSE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77951819985     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00891.2009     Document Type: Article

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