"Tunica Media" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel.
| Descriptor ID |
D017540
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.733
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| Concept/Terms |
Tunica Media- Tunica Media
- Vascular Media
- Media, Vascular
- Medias, Vascular
- Vascular Medias
Venous Media- Venous Media
- Media, Venous
- Medias, Venous
- Venous Medias
Arterial Media- Arterial Media
- Arterial Medias
- Media, Arterial
- Medias, Arterial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tunica Media" by people in Profiles.
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Differential impacts of blood pressure and lipid lowering on regression of ventricular and arterial mass: the Stop Atherosclerosis in Native Diabetics Trial. Hypertension. 2011 Sep; 58(3):367-71.
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Wall remodeling after wall shear rate normalization in rat mesenteric arterial collaterals. J Vasc Res. 1998 Jul-Aug; 35(4):257-64.
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Wall remodeling during luminal expansion of mesenteric arterial collaterals in the rat. Circ Res. 1996 Nov; 79(5):1015-23.