Specificity of a placental factor inhibiting breathing in fetal sheep

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-429

  Alvaro, Ruben E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control of breathing; Placental dissection; Spontaneous fetal breathing; Tissue specificity; Umbilical circulation

Indexed keywords

LIVER EXTRACT; PLACENTA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; FETUS LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SHEEP; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER EXTRACTS; MUSCLES; PLACENTAL EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SHEEP; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029900005     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960423     Document Type: Article

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