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Structure of arteriole

Known as: Arteriola, Arteriole, Arterioles 
The smallest divisions of the arteries located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

ArteriesBlood Vessel
Arteriole Smooth Muscle TissueBenign Great Vessel NeoplasmEndothelium of arterioleMicrobiological

Narrower (2)

MetarterioleTerminal arteriole

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Mitochondrial angiopathy in cerebral blood vessels of mitochondrial eneephalomyopathy
SummaryWe studied cerebral blood vessels of two autopsied patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Reduced basal NO-mediated dilation and decreased endothelial NO-synthase expression in coronary vessels of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Basal vasomotor tone in coronary vessels is, in part, maintained by nitric oxide (NO) production by endothelial constitutive NO… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Simulation of O2 transport in skeletal muscle: diffusive exchange between arterioles and capillaries.
Theoretical simulations of oxygen transport in skeletal muscle are used to study the role of arterioles in oxygen delivery. A… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Genetic selection for crescent formation yields mouse strain with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and small vessel vasculitis.
We have established a recombinant inbred strain of mouse named spontaneous crescentic glomerulonephritis-forming mouse/Kinjoh or… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Endothelium-dependent L-Arg- and L-NMMA-sensitive mechanisms regulate tone of brain microvessels.
Pial arterioles on the surface of the mouse brain were observed via television microscopy and measured with an image-splitting… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Effects of fluid-percussion brain injury on regional cerebral blood flow and pial arteriolar diameter.
The effects of two levels of fluid-percussion brain injury on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and pial arteriolar diameter were… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Effects of 5‐hydrooxytryptamine on pial arteriolar calibre in anaesthetized cats
1. The responses of individual pial arterioles and small arteries to perivascular injections of 5‐hydroxytryptamine were studied… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Effect of angiotensin-induced hypertension on rat coronary arteries and myocardium.
Acute hypertension has been produced in rats by the intravenous infusion of angiotensin amide for 4 hours. Both control and… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
White pulp compartments in the spleen of rats and mice
SummaryThe spleen of rats and mice was studied with the light and electron microscope. Special attention was paid to the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Immunofluorescent Studies in Renal Biopsies in Pre-eclampsia
Renal biopsies were performed on 11 patients considered clinically and histologically to have pre-eclampsia. Immunofluorescent… 
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