Electrophysiological properties of rat mesenteric lymphatic vessels and their regulation by stretch

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 66-75

  Von Der Weid, Pierre Yves ^a   Lee, Stewart ^a   Imtiaz, Mohammad S ^a   Zawieja, David C ^b   Davis, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPH; GUINEA PIG MODEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MESENTERIC LYMPHATIC MUSCLE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; WIRE MYOGRAPHY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GUINEA PIG; MESENTERY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MESENTERY; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOGRAPHY; NIFEDIPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84902494356     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: 15578585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2013.0045     Document Type: Article

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