The electrotonic architecture of the retinal microvasculature: Modulation by angiotensin II

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2383-2399

  Zhang, Ting ^a,b   Wu, David M ^b   Xu, Ge Zhi ^a   Puro, Donald G ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROCIRCULATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955380442     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.202937     Document Type: Article

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