Smooth muscle cell contraction increases the critical buckling pressure of arteries

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 841-844

  Hayman, Danika M ^a   Zhang, Jinzhou ^b   Liu, Qin ^b   Xiao, Yangming ^b   Han, Hai Chao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical buckling pressure; Mechanical instability; Smooth muscle cell contraction; Stability; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CRITICAL BUCKLING PRESSURES; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; ORGAN CULTURE SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE; VASCULAR TONES;

CELLS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BUCKLING;

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERFUSION; SUS SCROFA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84879884797     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.040     Document Type: Article

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