Rhythmicity in the microcirculation

Issue title: Selected Proceedings of the 6th Asian Congress for Mirocirculation (ACM'05) (Tokyo, February 25 and 26, 2005)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: van Helden, Dirk F. | Hosaka, Kayoko | Imtiaz, Mohammad S.

Affiliations: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: dirk.vanhelden@newcastle.edu.au.

Abstract: Many blood and lymphatic vessels undergo spontaneous rhythmical constrictions. Such activity is an intrinsic property of the smooth muscle in the walls of these vessels and is induced or enhanced by a wide range of activators including pressure-induced distension and sympathetic neurotransmitters in both blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. This review considers present understanding of vasomotion.

Keywords: Vasomotion, smooth muscle, endothelium, lymphatic, blood vessels

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 34, no. 1-2, pp. 59-66, 2006