Nitric oxide modulates regional blood flow differences in the fetal gastrointestinal tract

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 34-4, 1996, Pages

  Fan, W Q ^a,b   Smolich, J J ^a   Wild, J ^a   Yu, V Y H ^a   Walker, A M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

N( ) nitro L arginine; oxygen delivery; radiolabeled microsphere; vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HEART RATE; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029910737     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.271.4.g598     Document Type: Article

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