Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of cerebral blood flow in the ovine foetus

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 855-860

  McCrabb, G J ^a,c   Harding, R ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Hypoxaemia; N nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Normoxaemia; Ovine foetus

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; FETUS; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

EID: 0029808452     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01133.x     Document Type: Article

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