Effects of pregnancy and chronic hypoxia on contractile responsiveness to α1-adrenergic stimulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2322-2329

  White, Margueritte Mabry ^a   Mccullough, Robert E ^a   Dyckes, Rebecca ^a   Robertson, Alastair D ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Nitric oxide; Preeclampsia; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031737269     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2322     Document Type: Article

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