Characterization of small arteries isolated from the human placental chorionic plate

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 400-409

  Wareing, M ^a   Crocker, I P ^a   Warren, A Y ^b   Taggart, M J ^a   Baker, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ARGIPRESSIN; BRADYKININ; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PAPAVERINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOGRAPHY; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ADULT; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ADULT; ARTERIES; CHORIONIC VILLI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAPAVERINE; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036579713     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0825     Document Type: Article

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