Uterine arterial vasoconstrictions mediated by ovarian nerves in virgin and postpartum rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Hutchison, Scot M ^a   Tietz, Amy E ^a   Trostel, Kendrick A ^a   Schramm, Lawrence P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenoreceptors; hemorrhage; pregnancy; sympathetic vasoconstriction; uterine arterial blood flow; uterine nerve

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031016408     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.1.r318     Document Type: Article

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