Cotyledon and binucleate cell nitric oxide synthase expression in an ovine model of fetal growth restriction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2420-2426

  Galan, Henry L ^a   Regnault, Timothy R H ^a   Le Cras, Timothy D ^a   Tyson, R Weslie ^b   Anthony, Russell V ^a   Wilkening, Randall B ^a   Abman, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Binucleate cell; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Hyperthermia; Intrauterine growth restriction; Placenta

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; STROMA; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0035018272     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.6.2420     Document Type: Article

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