Intercellular Communication in the Vascular Wall: A Modeling Perspective

Please cite this paper as Nagaraja S, Kapela A, Tsoukias NM. Intercellular communication in the vascular wall: a modeling perspective. Microcirculation 19: 391‐402, 2012.

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