Oestrous cycle and pregnancy alter the reactivity of the rat uterine vasculature

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2496-2503

  Dalle Lucca, J J ^a   Adeagbo, A S O ^a   Alsip, N L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Oestrous cycle; Pregnancy; Uterus; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CIRAZOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; IBUPROFEN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 0034532303     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.12.2496     Document Type: Article

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