In vivo effects of corticotropin-releasing factor in pregnant rats

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 186-191

  Jain, V ^a   Shi, S Q ^a   Vedernikov, Y P ^a   Saade, G R ^a   Chwalisz, K ^a   Garfield, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Corticotropin releasing factor; Labor; Pregnant rat; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR[9-41];

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031815026     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70650-7     Document Type: Article

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