Mechanics and composition of middle cerebral arteries from simulated microgravity rats with and without 1-h/d -Gx gravitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Jiu Hua ^a   Zhang, Li Fan ^a   Gao, Fang ^a   Bai, Yun Gang ^a   Boscolo, Marco ^b,c   Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AXIAL FORCE PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMITTENT ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STANDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRESSURE; RATS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84901344715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097737     Document Type: Article

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