Informational dynamics of vasomotion in microvascular networks: A review

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-218

  Pradhan, R K ^a   Chakravarthy, V S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Blood flow regulation; Computational modelling; Information signalling; Microvascular networks; Tissue oxygenation; Vasomotion dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; ENDOTHELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BIOLOGY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIUM; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC STRESS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78651434330     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02198.x     Document Type: Review

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