Pregnancy enhances G protein activation and nitric oxide release from uterine arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 5 49-5, 2001, Pages

  Thompson, L P ^a   Weiner, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bradykinin; Cholera toxin; Endothelium; Pertussis toxin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035041006     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.5.h2069     Document Type: Article

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