title: In situ observations of spontaneous contractions of the peripheral lymphatic vessels in the rat mesentery: effects of temperature.
abstract: By means of an intracellular glass microelectrode, action potential changes were successfully recorded in situ from the endothelial cells of rat mesenteric lymphatics over the temperature range of 27-40 degrees C. The frequency of action potential and the lymphatic contraction rate correlated well with temperature.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains