Multiscale Computational Modeling in Vascular Biology: From Molecular Mechanisms to Tissue-Level Structure and Function

Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-240

  Hayenga, Heather N ^a   Thorne, Bryan C ^b   Yen, Phillip ^b   Papin, Jason A ^b   Peirce, Shayn M ^b   Humphrey, Jay D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric Oxide; Platelet Derive Growth Factor; Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation; Vascular SMCs; Wall Shear Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85085219228     PISSN: 18682006     EISSN: 18682014     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8415_2012_147     Document Type: Chapter

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