The microcirculation: Physiology at the mesoscale

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1047-1052

  Secomb, Timothy W ^a   Pries, Axel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79951987724     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201541     Document Type: Review

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