Characterization of the Thoracodorsal Artery: Morphology and Reactivity

Microcirculation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-372

  Billaud, Marie ^a   Lohman, Alexander W ^a   Straub, Adam C ^a   Parpaite, Thibaud ^a   Johnstone, Scott R ^a   Isakson, Brant E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Vascular model; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ENDOTHELIN 1; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEROTONIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINOTRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; MALE; MICE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84860241869     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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