Do receptors get pregnant too? Adrenergic receptor alterations in human pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 106-114

  Smiley, Richard M ^a,b   Finster, Mieczyslaw ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenergic receptors; Beta adrenergic receptors; Desensitization; Down regulation; Pregnancy; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN-REGULATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; UP-REGULATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0029978641     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025408     Document Type: Article

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