Does nitric oxide contribute to the basal vasodilation of pregnancy in conscious rabbits?

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 5 50-5, 2001, Pages

  Brooks, V L ^a   Clow, K A ^a   Welch, L S ^a   Giraud, G D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Cardiac output; Conductance; Femoral flow; Heart rate; Mesenteric flow; Terminal aortic flow; Total peripheral resistance

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAVA VEIN; CONDUCTANCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART OUTPUT; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035199023     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.5.r1624     Document Type: Article

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