Nitric oxide and pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Sladek, Stephen M ^a   Magness, Ronald R ^b,c   Conrad, Kirk P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Perinatal Research Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

decidua; endothelium derived relaxing factor; guanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate; kidney; myometrium; nitric oxide synthase; parturition; placenta; preeclampsia; trophoblast; umbilical vessels; uterine artery; uterus; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHILDBIRTH; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS RELAXATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030950528     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.2.r441     Document Type: Review

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