A novel model for the in vivo monitoring of uterine microcirculation and intracellular free calcium changes in rat

Microvascular Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-220

  Ruttner, Z ^a   Ivanics, T ^a   Slaaf, D W ^b   Reneman, R S ^c   Ligeti, L ^a   Toth, A ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Rat; Vessel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; IONOMYCIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FEMALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034014335     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2228     Document Type: Article

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