Chronic hypoxia, pregnancy, and endothelium-mediated relaxation in guinea pig uterine and thoracic arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 6 47-6, 2000, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Preeclampsia; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOXIA; MAMMARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033921839     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.6.h2069     Document Type: Article

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