Pregnancy-induced changes in central response to atrial distension mimicked by progesterone metabolite

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 6 44-6, 1998, Pages

  Deng, Yiming ^a   Kaufman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Baroreceptors; Baroreflex; Blood volume

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0032432818     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.6.r1875     Document Type: Article

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