Nitric oxide plays a role in the regulation of adrenal blood flow and adrenocorticomedullary functions in the llama fetus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 267-276

  Riquelme, Raquel A ^a   Sánchez, Gina ^a   Liberona, Leonel ^a   Sanhueza, Emilia M ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^a,b,c   Blanco, Carlos E ^a,d   Hanson, Mark A ^a,e   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROSPHERE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD FLOW; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATHETER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXEMIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; LLAMA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036794368     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.018325     Document Type: Review

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